TEXTMEDS – TEXT messages to improve MEDication adherence and Secondary prevention

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1042290

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

TEXTMEDS will evaluate a highly innovative strategy to improve cardiovascular disease secondary prevention using cheap and widely available mobile phone technology. TEXTMEDS is a randomised controlled trial of 1400 patients with acute coronary syndrome that will examine the effect of a semi-personalised secondary prevention support program sent via mobile phone text message on the proportion taking appropriate medications for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease and on cardiovascular risk factors levels (e.g. cholesterol).

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,406,875.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Preventive Medicine

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

adherence | cardiovascular disease prevention | coronary heart disease (CHD) | lifestyle | preventive medicine

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