[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s40814-020-00666-2.]

A'Court, Charlotte Emily

Bhattacharya, Debi

Brimicombe, James David

Chauhan, Jagmohan

Hardeman, Wendy

Kassavou, Aikaterini

Mascolo, Cecilia

Naughton, Felix

Sutton, Stephen

Abstract: Aims and objectives: This paper describes a pilot non-randomised controlled study of a highly tailored 56-day text messaging and smartphone app prototype intervention to increase adherence to anti-hypertensive medication in primary care. The aim of this study was to evaluate the acceptability of the intervention and obtain patients’ views about the intervention content, the delivery mode, and the mechanisms by which the intervention supported medication adherence. Methods: Patients diagnosed with hypertension were invited and recruited to the study via general practice text messages and attended a face to face meeting with a member of the researcher team. Participants were asked to test the text messaging intervention for 28 consecutive days and switch to the smartphone app for 28 more days. Participants completed baseline and follow-up questionnaires and took part in semi-structured telephone interviews. Digital log files captured patients’ engagement with the intervention. Participant transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to summarise data from questionnaires and log files. A mixed methods analysis generated data to respond to the research questions. Results: Seventy-nine patients expressed interest to participate in this study, of whom 23 (64% male, 82% above 60 years old) were registered to take part. With one drop-out, 22 participants tested the text messaging delivery mode (with 20 being interviewed) and four of them (17%) switched to the app (with 3 being interviewed). All participants engaged and interacted with the text messages and app notifications, and all participants found the intervention content and delivery mode acceptable. They also self-reported that the interactive elements of the intervention motivated them to take their medications as prescribed. Conclusion: This study provides evidence that the digital intervention is acceptable by hypertensive patients recruited in primary care. Future research could usefully investigate its feasibility and effectiveness using rigorous research methods. Trial registration: ISRCTN1280565

A’Court, Charlotte Emily

Apollo (Cambridge)

Assessing the acceptability of a text messaging service and smartphone app to support patient adherence to medications prescribed for high blood pressure: a pilot study

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CORRECTION Open AccessCorrection to: Assessing the acceptability ofa text messaging service and smartphoneapp to support patient adherence tomedications prescribed for high bloodpressure: a pilot studyAikaterini Kassavou1*, Charlotte Emily A’Court1,2, Jagmohan Chauhan3, James David Brimicombe1,Debi Bhattacharya4, Felix Naughton5, Wendy Hardeman5, Cecilia Mascolo3 and Stephen Sutton1Correction to: Pilot Feasibility Stud 6, 134 (2020)https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00666-2Following publication of the original article [1], the au-thors reported an error in the name of the fourth author.The surname should be Brimicombe.The original article has been updated.Author details1Department of Public Health and Primary Care, The Primary Care Unit,Behavioural Science Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. 2Tees,Esk and Wear Valley Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation, St Albans, UK.3Department of Computer Science and Technology, Mobile Systems Group,University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. 4School of Pharmacy, University ofEast Anglia, Norwich, UK. 5School of Health Science, University of East Anglia,Norwich, UK.Reference1. Kassavou A, et al. Assessing the acceptability of a text messaging serviceand smartphone app to support patient adherence to medicationsprescribed for high blood pressure: a pilot study. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2020;6:134. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00666-2.© The Author(s). 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License,which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you giveappropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate ifchanges were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commonslicence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commonslicence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtainpermission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to thedata made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.The original article can be found online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00666-2.* Correspondence: kk532@medschl.cam.ac.uk1Department of Public Health and Primary Care, The Primary Care Unit,Behavioural Science Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKFull list of author information is available at the end of the articleKassavou et al. Pilot and Feasibility Studies           (2020) 6:152 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00698-8

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Correction to: Assessing the acceptability of a text messaging service and smartphone app to support patient adherence to medications prescribed for high blood pressure: a pilot study

Brimocombe, James David

Aims and objectives: This paper describes a pilot non-randomised controlled study of a highly tailored 56-day text messaging and smartphone app prototype intervention to increase adherence to anti-hypertensive medication in primary care. The aim of this study was to evaluate the acceptability of the intervention and obtain patients' views about the intervention content, the delivery mode, and the mechanisms by which the intervention supported medication adherence. Methods: Patients diagnosed with hypertension were invited and recruited to the study via general practice text messages and attended a face to face meeting with a member of the researcher team. Participants were asked to test the text messaging intervention for 28 consecutive days and switch to the smartphone app for 28 more days. Participants completed baseline and follow-up questionnaires and took part in semi-structured telephone interviews. Digital log files captured patients' engagement with the intervention. Participant transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to summarise data from questionnaires and log files. A mixed methods analysis generated data to respond to the research questions. Results: Seventy-nine patients expressed interest to participate in this study, of whom 23 (64% male, 82% above 60 years old) were registered to take part. With one drop-out, 22 participants tested the text messaging delivery mode (with 20 being interviewed) and four of them (17%) switched to the app (with 3 being interviewed). All participants engaged and interacted with the text messages and app notifications, and all participants found the intervention content and delivery mode acceptable. They also self-reported that the interactive elements of the intervention motivated them to take their medications as prescribed. Conclusion: This study provides evidence that the digital intervention is acceptable by hypertensive patients recruited in primary care. Future research could usefully investigate its feasibility and effectiveness using rigorous research methods. Trial registration: ISRCTN1280565

Court, Charlotte A.

Brimicombe, James

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Assessing the acceptability of a text messaging service and smartphone app to support patient adherence to medications prescribed for high blood pressure: A pilot study

Correction to: Assessing the acceptability of a text messaging service and smartphone app to support patient adherence to medications prescribed for high blood pressure: a pilot study.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: This paper describes a pilot non-randomised controlled study of a highly tailored 56-day text messaging and smartphone app prototype intervention to increase adherence to anti-hypertensive medication in primary care. The aim of this study was to evaluate the acceptability of the intervention and obtain patients' views about the intervention content, the delivery mode, and the mechanisms by which the intervention supported medication adherence. METHODS: Patients diagnosed with hypertension were invited and recruited to the study via general practice text messages and attended a face to face meeting with a member of the researcher team. Participants were asked to test the text messaging intervention for 28 consecutive days and switch to the smartphone app for 28 more days. Participants completed baseline and follow-up questionnaires and took part in semi-structured telephone interviews. Digital log files captured patients' engagement with the intervention. Participant transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to summarise data from questionnaires and log files. A mixed methods analysis generated data to respond to the research questions. RESULTS: Seventy-nine patients expressed interest to participate in this study, of whom 23 (64% male, 82% above 60 years old) were registered to take part. With one drop-out, 22 participants tested the text messaging delivery mode (with 20 being interviewed) and four of them (17%) switched to the app (with 3 being interviewed). All participants engaged and interacted with the text messages and app notifications, and all participants found the intervention content and delivery mode acceptable. They also self-reported that the interactive elements of the intervention motivated them to take their medications as prescribed. CONCLUSION: This study provides evidence that the digital intervention is acceptable by hypertensive patients recruited in primary care. Future research could usefully investigate its feasibility and effectiveness using rigorous research methods. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN12805654

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