TY - JOUR T1 - Review suggests mobile phone interventions improve medication adherence; rigorous longer term studies are needed to confirm effects JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 120 LP - 120 DO - 10.1136/eb-2014-102010 VL - 18 IS - 4 AU - Petra A Wark AU - Josip Car Y1 - 2015/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/18/4/120.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Park LG, Howie-Esquivel J, Dracup K. A quantitative systematic review of the efficacy of mobile phone interventions to improve medication adherence. J Adv Nurs 2014;70:1932–53.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedMobile phone text reminders can improve medication adherence. As user satisfaction is generally high, negative effects may not be observed and costs can be low, therefore, nurses should promote their use.Future mobile phone medication reminders should be individually tailored, be based on health behavioural theories and supported by well-designed (adaptive) randomised controlled trials (RCTs).Around 50% of patients do not take their medication as prescribed.1–3 Medication non-adherence may decrease productivity and put lives at risks, as well as wastes resources and increases healthcare costs. It may be intentional (eg, the patient questions the benefit of the therapy or has side effects) or … ER -