SMS education for the promotion of diabetes self-management in low & middle income countries: a pilot randomized controlled trial in Egypt

Abstract Background Due to the ubiquity of mobile phones in low and middle income countries, we aimed to examine the feasibility of SMS education among diabetic patients in Egypt, and assess the impact of educational text messages, compared to traditional paper-based methods, on glycemic control and...

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Main Authors: Haitham Abaza, Michael Marschollek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
SMS
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4973-5

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