WELTEL KENYA: USING MOBILE mHealth PHONES AS A ... - INRUD
WELTEL KENYA: USING MOBILE mHealth PHONES AS A ... - INRUD
WELTEL KENYA: USING MOBILE mHealth PHONES AS A ... - INRUD
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Intro<br />
Weltel Kenya1 (Lancet 2010)<br />
Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral<br />
treatment adherence in Kenya<br />
<strong>WELTEL</strong> <strong>KENYA</strong>:<br />
<strong>USING</strong> <strong>MOBILE</strong><br />
<strong>PHONES</strong> <strong>AS</strong> A<br />
COST‐EFFECTIVE<br />
HEALTH<br />
INTERVENTION<br />
•<br />
•<br />
538 patient randomised control trial (RCT) initiating ART<br />
2 arms: 1. SMS intervention ti 2. Control/Standard d of Care<br />
• SMS intervention arm:<br />
• 1 weekly SMS for 1 year<br />
• Respond within 48 hours<br />
• Patients responding problem & non‐responders called back<br />
• Results:<br />
HIV/AIDS<br />
• SMS intervention group: significant improvements in<br />
SUPPORT<br />
adherence and viral suppression<br />
• Viral Load Suppression: 57% intervention vs 48% control<br />
• ART adherence (>95%): 62% intervention vs 50%<br />
Richard.Lester@bccdc.ca<br />
• Viral load suppression<br />
bella@weltel.org<br />
NNT = 11<br />
• ART adherence<br />
NNT= 9
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