Application of a social media platform as a patient reminder in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori
| Autor: | Fengjuan He, Ming Tang, Yuanmao Xie, Yu Hao, Miaomiao Luo, Weigang Chen, Mengzhen Shi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adult
Male Helicobacter pylori infection medicine.medical_specialty Medication adherence Disease Drug Administration Schedule Helicobacter Infections Medication Adherence 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Medicine Humans Social media Drug reaction biology Helicobacter pylori business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Gastroenterology General Medicine Middle Aged biology.organism_classification H pylori infection Anti-Bacterial Agents Infectious Diseases Treatment Outcome Breath Tests 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Patient Compliance 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Drug Therapy Combination Female business Social Media |
| Zdroj: | HelicobacterREFERENCES. 25(2) |
| ISSN: | 1523-5378 |
| Popis: | Background To investigate the effect of a social media platform for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. Materials and methods We enrolled 222 patients from October 2018 to June 2019, who required H pylori therapy. We used WeChat, a social media platform, as a patient reminder tool. They were randomly divided into the intervention and control groups (n = 111 per group) to compare and evaluate their disease awareness, medication adherence, incidence of adverse drug reactions, and H pylori eradication rate. Results Patients in the intervention group had significantly better disease-related knowledge, medication adherence, and H pylori eradication rates than those in the control group (P Conclusions Using a social media platform may improve treatment rates of H pylori infection. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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