Design of a randomized trial to evaluate the influence of mobile phone reminders on adherence to first line antiretroviral treatment in South India - the HIVIND study protocol |
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| Authors: | Ayesha De Costa Anita Shet Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy Per Ashorn Bo Eriksson Lennart Bogg Vinod K Diwan the HIVIND study team |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Division of Global Health,Nobels V?g 9, Karolinska Institutet,Stockholm,Sweden;2.St Johns National Academy of Health Sciences,Bangalore,India;3.YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education,Chennai,India;4.Medical School,University of Tampere,Tampere,Finland;5.Cavidi AB,Uppsala,Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Background Poor adherence to antiretroviral treatment has been a public health challenge associated with the treatment of HIV. Although different adherence-supporting interventions have been reported, their long term feasibility in low income settings remains uncertain. Thus, there is a need to explore sustainable contextual adherence aids in such settings, and to test these using rigorous scientific designs. The current ubiquity of mobile phones in many resource-constrained settings, make it a contextually appropriate and relatively low cost means of supporting adherence. In India, mobile phones have wide usage and acceptability and are potentially feasible tools for enhancing adherence to medications. This paper presents the study protocol for a trial, to evaluate the influence of mobile phone reminders on adherence to first-line antiretroviral treatment in South India. |
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