Effectiveness of WhatsApp based debunking reminders on follow-up visit attendance for individuals with hypertension: a randomized controlled trial in India
Individuals with high blood pressure in India often miss essential follow-up visits. Missed visits contribute to gaps across the hypertension care continuum and preventable cardiovascular disease. Widespread misconceptions around hypertension care and treatment may contribute to low follow-up attend...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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09 September 2024
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BMC public health
Year: 2024, Jahrgang: 24, Pages: 1-11 |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-024-19894-9 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19894-9 |
| Verfasserangaben: | Caterina Favaretti, Vasanthi Subramonia Pillai, Seema Murthy, Adithi Chandrasekar, Shirley D. Yan, Huma Sulaiman, Atul Gautam, Baljit Kaur, Mohammed K. Ali, Margaret McConnell and Nikkil Sudharsanan |
| Zusammenfassung: | Individuals with high blood pressure in India often miss essential follow-up visits. Missed visits contribute to gaps across the hypertension care continuum and preventable cardiovascular disease. Widespread misconceptions around hypertension care and treatment may contribute to low follow-up attendance rates, but to date, there is limited evidence of the effect of interventions to debunk such misconceptions on health-seeking behavior. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to measure whether combining information debunking commonly-held misconceptions with a standard reminder reduces missed follow-up visits among individuals with high blood pressure and investigated whether any observed effect was moderated through belief change. |
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| Beschreibung: | Gesehen am 07.03.2025 |
| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-024-19894-9 |