The HAART cell phone adherence trial (WelTel Kenya1): a randomized controlled trial protocol
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The HAART cell phone adherence trial (WelTel Kenya1): a randomized controlled trial protocol
BACKGROUND The objectives are to compare the effectiveness of cell phone-supported SMS messaging to standard care on adherence, quality of life, retention, and mortality in a population receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Nairobi, Kenya. METHODS AND DESIGN A multi-site randomized controlled open-label trial. A central randomization centre provided opaque envelopes to allocate treatments...
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عنوان ژورنال: Trials
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-10-87