Improving Drug Adherence Among Adolescents in Uganda Using SMS Reminders
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
In brief
In this project the investigators develop and test a short message service (SMS) intervention based on the Information Motivation and Behavior skills (IMB) model. Reminding Adolescents To Adhere (RATA) prompts youths at two clinics in Uganda to take their medications and offers social support via weekly text messages. The investigators propose to adapt their previous successful SMS-intervention to the specific needs of youths and to evaluate the relative effectiveness of one-way versus two-way text messages (where two-way messages allow youths to respond to messages and we hypothesize that this may increase perceived social support that may be important for youth populations). We will also test the effectiveness of SMS messages over the longer-term (2 years), for which currently no information is available.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02128087
- Run by
- RAND
- People needed
- 330
- Starts
- 2013-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-03-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-04-14
Who can join
Age: 15 and older, up to 24. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- age 15-24
- have been in HIV care at the clinic for at least three months
- are currently taking HIV-related medication (ART or co-trimoxazole)
- have demonstrated adherence problems (defined as having missed at least one medication dose per week on average)
- either own a phone or have regular access to one
- intend to stay at the clinic for the study period
- are not in boarding school (where phones are forbidden)
You may not qualify if…
- does not speak or understand either English or Luganda
Where it is running
- RAND — Santa Monica, California, United States
- Infectious Diseases Institute — Kampala, Uganda
- Mildmay Uganda — Kampala, Uganda
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