The effect of follow up using short message service on illness perception and medication adherence in patients under coronary angioplasty
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Ischemic Heart Disease.Other forms of chronic ischaemic heart disease
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016011025937N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for Research (VCR) of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 116
Inclusion Criteria
Patients in range of 18 to 65 years old with diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome referred to Cardiac Clinic of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences; Patients who have gone under angioplasty for at least one month before the study; With the ability to read SMSs; Samples are selected by own tendency; Have a mobile phone and have the ability to use it; Not participating in a similar study like the current one;
Exclusion criteria:
Not willing to participate in the study; Not having a mobile phone; Referrals to other treatment centers during the study; Not able to read the SMSs; not being accessible after 12 weeks (eg. travelling aboard); Having cognitive impairment, based on patients records
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Illness perception. Timepoint: Before the beginning of intervention and soon as the end of intervention at the end of the third month. Method of measurement: Brief illness perception questionaire.;Medication adherence. Timepoint: Before the beginning of intervention and soon as the end of intervention at the end of the third month. Method of measurement: Morisky medication adherence questionaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method