Mobile phones support adherence and retention of Indigenous participants in a randomised controlled trial: strategies and lessons learnt

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Ensuring adherence to treatment and retention is important in clinical trials, particularly in remote areas and minority groups. This paper describes a novel approach to improve adherence, retention and clinical review rates of Indigenous children. the use of mobile phones within an Indigenous-appropriate framework has been an effective strategy to support a clinical trial involving Australian Indigenous children in urban and remote Australia. Further research is required to explore other applications of this approach, including the impact on clinical outcomes.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/14/622/abstract