Effect of an interactive text-messaging service on patient retention during the first year of HIV care in Kenya (WelTel Retain): an open-label, randomised parallel-group study

• Egile Nagusiak: Mia Liisa van der Kop, MSc (Egilea), Samuel Muhula, MSc (Egilea), Patrick I Nagide, MSc (Egilea), Prof Lehana Thabane, PhD (Egilea), Lawrence Gelmon, MD (Egilea), Patricia Opondo Awiti, PhD (Egilea), Bonface Abunah, MSc (Egilea), Lennie Bazira Kyomuhangi, MD (Egilea), Matthew A Budd, MSc (Egilea), Prof Carlo Marra, PhD (Egilea), Anik Patel, PhD (Egilea), Sarah Karanja, MPH (Egilea), David I Ojakaa, PhD (Egilea), Edward J Mills, PhD (Egilea), Prof Anna Mia Ekström, PhD (Egilea), Richard Todd Lester, MD (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: Elsevier, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Retention of patients in HIV care is crucial to ensure timely treatment initiation, viral suppression, and to avert AIDS-related deaths. We did a randomised trial to determine whether a text-messaging intervention improved retention during the first year of HIV care. Methods: This unmask...