Texting Can Boost Medication Adherence For People With Chronic Health Conditions

Among adults with chronic health conditions, those who participated in mobile phone text messaging programs focused on medication adherence were twice as likely to take medications as directed. At baseline, about 50% took medications as directed; about 67.8% of those who participated in a text messaging program took medications as directed.

These findings were reported in “Mobile Telephone Text Messaging for Medication Adherence in Chronic Disease: A Meta-analysis” by Jay Thakkar, FRACP; Rahul Kurup, MBBS; Tracey-Lea Laba, Ph.D.; Karla Santo, M.D.; Aravinda Thiagalingam, Ph.D.; Anthony Rodgers, Ph.D.; Mark Woodward, Ph.D.; Julie Redfern . . .