The use of text messaging for improving adherence to anti-diabetic regimen and glycaemic control in low-resource settings of South Africa: A study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Clicks: 298
ID: 22186
2019
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Overall Quality
Not rated
Combines reader engagement with the AI quality analysis. This article has not been analysed, so there is no overall score — reader engagement is measured and shown alongside.
AI Quality Assessment
Not analyzed
Readership in this journal
Steady

Ranked #17 of 58 articles by views in contemporary clinical trials communications

Most read Least read

Bar heights use a square-root scale.

Mint this article as an NFT
Not yet minted

Create a permanent, verifiable on-chain record of this article on the Scimatic Network. The NFT is held in your Journament account, and you can withdraw it to your own wallet at any time.

5 SUSD one-off · no wallet required
Sign in to mint
Abstract
Despite the various innovations and treatment modalities, diabetes treatment outcomes remain sub-optimal globally and in South Africa. This places significant strain on the healthcare system. Text messaging is a cost-effective measure for promoting health. Yet, its effectiveness in improving diabetes treatment outcomes has not been documented in South Africa, especially in the resource-restrained settings. This study aims as determining the effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of text messaging in improving diabetes outcomes in low-resource settings of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.This is a multi-centre, two-arm, parallel, randomised controlled trial which will compare the use of text messaging in addition to diabetes standard care to standard care alone in promoting diabetes outcomes for six months. The study will be conducted at six primary healthcare centres in two selected districts in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The study requires 216 participants if an attrition rate of 20% is anticipated. Data will be collected at baseline and six months. Randomisation will follow baseline data collection using simple randomisation, with an allocation ratio of 1:1, after removing any identifying information. The primary outcome measure is a change in mean morning random blood sugar. Secondary outcomes include change in diabetes knowledge, medication adherence, self-management, health-related quality of life, mean blood pressure, weight and clinic attendance. Data will be obtained through self-reporting using validated measures, review of clinical records and objective measurements. Data collection and measurements will follow standard procedure. Data analysis will be based on the principle of Intention-to-treat.This trial was registered in the Pan African Clinical Trial Registry, trial number: PACTR201810599931422.
Reference Key
owolabi2019thecontemporary Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
Authors Owolabi, Eyitayo Omolara;Goon, Daniel Ter;
Journal contemporary clinical trials communications
Year 2019
DOI
10.1016/j.conctc.2019.100418
URL
Keywords Keywords not found

Citations

No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org

Comments

No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.