Table 3: Considerations for authors reviewing the evidence on mobile phone text messages for improving adherence to ART

Study

Pop-Eleche et al

Mbuagbaw et al*

Lester et al

Da Costa et al*

Location

Kenya

Cameroon

Kenya

India

Timing

Weekly/Daily

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Length

Long/Short

Long

Short

NA

Feedback

No

Yes

Yes

No

Content

Motivational

Motivational

Support/Access

Picture

Sending

Automated

Manual

Manual

Automated

Measurement

MEMS

VAS/SR/PRD

SR/VL

VL (TTE)/SR

Variety

No

Yes

No

No

Duration

12 months

6 months

12 months

24 months

Phone provided

Yes

No

No

Yes

Sample size

431

198

538

600

*Based on protocol ; SR : Self Report ; VL : Viral Load ; PRD : Pharmacy Refill Data ; TTE : Time-to-event ; MEMS : Medication Event Monitoring System