Identifying Patient-centered Barriers and Preferred Strategies to Support Self-efficacy for Medication Adherence With Two-way Text Messaging
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
- Enrollment
- 70
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of patients with barriers to medication adherence
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Last Updated
- 7 months ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The investigators will explore barriers to improving self-efficacy, or the ability to feel in control of their disease, and medication adherence with text messaging through surveys and interviews with adolescents and adults with SCD cared for at the Vanderbilt Meharry Center of Excellence (VMCE) in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). The investigators will identify preferences to improve and sustain adherence to daily medication through selection of investigator-proposed or patient-generated text messaging strategies. Finally, the investigators will fill in the literature gaps by describing barriers to self-efficacy and medication adherence among adults with SCD as well as adolescents with SCD who are transitioning to adult care.
Investigators
Robert M Cronin, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Receiving care at the VUMC/Matthew Walker clinic
- •Diagnosed with SCD, asthma, or both
- •Currently taking daily medications for SCD, such as hydroxyurea, asthma, or both
- •Having access to a mobile telephone and/or computer
- •Age 12-70 years
Exclusion Criteria
- •1\. Unable to perform interviews or surveys
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of patients with barriers to medication adherence
Time Frame: 1 year
High cost, forgetting, side effects, access to medications
Secondary Outcomes
- Number of patients that prefer a tailored text messaging technological solution(1 year)