Educational Intervention Using WhatsApp on Medication Adherence in Hypertension and Diabetes Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Telemedicine Journal and E-health : the Official Journal of the American Telemedicine Association
Amanda Caroline SartoriMirian Ueda Yamaguchi

Abstract

Background: Low adherence to pharmacological therapy by patients with diabetes mellitus and hypertension is frequent and represents a worldwide challenge. Introduction: This study examined the effect of an educational intervention using WhatsApp® messaging on medication adherence of patients with hypertension and diabetes. Materials and Methods: A randomized clinical trial was performed with 403 patients who had diabetes and/or hypertension and who had enrolled in the 33 Basic Health Units of Maringá-PR, Brazil. The patients were randomly assigned to either the intervention group (n = 203), which received usual care (multi-professional educational appointments according to each Unit schedule) plus 55 audio, image or text WhatsApp messages about health care promotion, with an emphasis on medication adherence, or the control group. The control group (n = 200) only received usual care. Medication adherence, as measured by the Morisky-Green Test, was compared through the chi-square test after 16 weeks. Relative risk (RR) was used as a measure of effect size. Results: After the follow-up period (4 months), 67.5% of the patients in the intervention group were adherent versus 58.5% in the control group (RR: 1.15, 95% confidence interv...Continue Reading

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