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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Hauptverfasser: Favaretti, Caterina (VerfasserIn) , Subramonia Pillai, Vasanthi (VerfasserIn) , Murthy, Seema (VerfasserIn) , Chandrasekar, Adithi (VerfasserIn) , Yan, Shirley D. (VerfasserIn) , Sulaiman, Huma (VerfasserIn) , Gautam, Atul (VerfasserIn) , Kaur, Baljit (VerfasserIn) , Ali, Mohammed K. (VerfasserIn) , McConnell, Margaret (VerfasserIn) , Sudharsanan, Nikkil (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 09 September 2024
In: 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
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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
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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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ISSN:1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-024-19894-9