SMS reminders- future in self-care management of diabetes mellitus?
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Syed Ather Hussain; Haris Riaz; Talha Riaz; Danish Kherani
- Source
- Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, Vol 4, Iss 1, p 31 (2012)
Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
- Subject
- Self care management
medicine.medical_specialty
Short Message Service
business.industry
InformationSystems_INFORMATIONSYSTEMSAPPLICATIONS
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
education
Psychological intervention
Alternative medicine
medicine.disease
computer.software_genre
lcsh:Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases
Diabetes mellitus
Internal Medicine
medicine
Data mining
Medical emergency
business
Letter to the Editor
lcsh:RC620-627
Nutrition counseling
computer
psychological phenomena and processes
- Language
- ISSN
- 1758-5996
Application of SMS in reminders of medical appointments and delivering medical tests is not new, however its focus on clinical interventions has just begun. Usage of tailored SMS reminders to increase adherence in treatment programs among sick individuals has allowed an interventional role in self-care management of Diabetes Mellitus (DM).