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A randomized blinded controlled trial of mobile phone reminders on the follow-up medical care of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children in Cameroon: study protocol (MORE CARE)

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Title
A randomized blinded controlled trial of mobile phone reminders on the follow-up medical care of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children in Cameroon: study protocol (MORE CARE)
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Trials, September 2013
DOI 10.1186/1745-6215-14-313
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Jean Joel R Bigna, Charles Kouanfack, Jean Jacques N Noubiap, Claudia S Plottel, Sinata Koulla-Shiro

Abstract

In Cameroon, only two-thirds of children with HIV exposure or infection receive appropriate HIV-directed medical care. Mortality, antiretroviral therapy resistance and suboptimal virological response are strongly related to missed opportunities for treatment, and, more specifically, to skipped scheduled medical appointments. The present trial, MORE CARE (Mobile Reminders for Cameroonian Children Requiring HIV Care) seeks to determine if reminders sent by text message (SMS), phone call, or concomitant SMS and phone calls most increase the presence at medical appointments of HIV-infected or -exposed children (efficacy), and which is the most efficient related to working time and financial cost (efficiency).

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Peru 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 193 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 40 20%
Researcher 31 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 27 14%
Student > Postgraduate 15 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 14 7%
Other 31 16%
Unknown 38 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 54 28%
Social Sciences 18 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 17 9%
Psychology 16 8%
Computer Science 7 4%
Other 37 19%
Unknown 47 24%