Table 2 Summary of findings the effect of mobile phone text message interventions compared to usual care
[mobile phone text message] compared to [usual care] for [medication adherence among T2DM] | |||||
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Patient or population: Type 2 diabetes mellitus Setting: Any healthcare facility Intervention: Mobile phone text message Comparison: usual care | |||||
Outcomes | № of participants (studies) Follow-up | Certainty of the evidence (GRADE) | Relative effect (95% CI) | Anticipated absolute effects | |
The risk with [comparison] | Risk difference with [intervention] | ||||
medication adherence assessed with: months follow-up: range three months to 24 months | 1121 (9 RCTs) | ⨁⨁⨁◯ Moderate,b | - | - | SMD 0.36 SD higher (0.14 higher to 0.59 higher) |
*The risk in the intervention group (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI) CI: confidence interval; SMD: standardized mean difference | |||||
GRADE Working Group grades of evidence High certainty: we are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect Moderate certainty: we are moderately confident in the effect estimate: the true effect is likely to be close to the estimate of the effect, but there is a possibility that it is substantially different Low certainty: our confidence in the effect estimate is limited: the true effect may differ substantially from the effect's estimate Very low certainty: we need more confidence in the effect estimate: the true effect is likely to be substantially different from the estimate of effect | |||||