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Acceptability, Effect and Cost of Mobile-health on ART Adherence Among Youths: A Mixed Methods Sequential Study in Kiryandongo
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating mHealth call for life system/ tool using IVR ( interactive voice response) for ART Adherence and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 206 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Study purpose: To assess effect of mHealth Call for life Uganda tool (CFLU) on ART adherence among youth measured by interactive voice response to daily adherence calls mapped in the database and proportion with viral suppression of copies below 1000 copies/mL. The intervention call for life Uganda (CFLU) uses IVR calls or text messages delivered via MOTECH™ based Connect for Life technology™. The calls are delivered in 4 languages (Luganda, English, Luo and Runyakitara) and the participant has to make a choice of the preferred language during registration to the system. The system offers adherence pill reminders, health message tips, visit appointment reminders and receipt of self-reported symptoms.
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The tool capitalises on a basic mobile phone's core utilities of voice and short messaging services. The system design, development, testing and evaluation was done by Janssen and the Grameen Foundation (http://motechsuite.org/index.php/implementations). In 2015, Janssen Global Public Health Research and Development, in close collaboration with the Infectious Diseases Institute Kampala (IDI), developed Call for Life Uganda (CFLU) tailored to the needs of PLHIV in Uganda