Text Messaging to Improve Retention in Hypertension Care in Bangladesh
Reena Gupta,
Shamim Jubayer,
Jubaida Akhtar
et al.
Abstract:Visit non-attendance is a common barrier to hypertension control in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of mobile text messaging in improving visit attendance among patients with hypertension in primary care facilities in Bangladesh. A randomized A/B testing study was conducted with two patient groups: (1) patients regularly attending visits (regular patients) and (2) patients overdue for follow-up visits (overdue patients). Regular patients were randomized into thre… Show more
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