Effect of Health Literacy on Antiviral Treatment of Hepatitis B: Instrumental Variable Analysis by Hanchao Cheng, Shiyang Liu, Zhitao Wang, Qiyou Wu, Xin Wang, Polin Chan, Zhongdan Chen, Simon Luo, Yinghua Li, Jing Sun

“…Building awareness and knowledge of Hep B and its treatment can help individuals understand their health status, ensuring a healthier lifestyle and appropriate health care–seeking behaviors and health care service utilization, so that people can be diagnosed and treated timely and appropriately. Enhancing resource allocation to improve the overall HL of the population and sending Hep B–specific messages to the infected people would be a feasible and effective approach to scale-up the treatment of Hep B in low- and middle-income settings with limited resources, and contribute to achieving the 2030 global goal of eliminating viral hepatitis as a major public health threat.…”
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Effect of Telemedicine Interventions on Heart Failure Hospitalizations: A Randomized Trial by Edmar G. Ribeiro, Luisa C. C. Brant, Lilian C. Rezende, Regina Bernal, Graziela Chequer, Barbara V. Temponi, Daniel B. Vilela, Julia B. Buback, Renato D. Lopes, Tulio B. Franco, Antonio L. P. Ribeiro, Deborah C. Malta

“…An educational program via text messages was also provided. The primary outcome was HF‐related rehospitalizations at 180 days, analyzed by intention‐to‐treat analysis. …”
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Stress Management Among Caregivers of Detained Youth: Protocol for Randomized Controlled Trial of the RAISE Web-Based mHealth App by Johanna B Folk, Adrian Aguilera, Tara M Chaplin, Marina Tolou-Shams

“…The fully automated RAISE intervention includes an 8-week stress reduction intervention, self-monitoring and affirmational SMS text messaging, and resources related to navigating the juvenile legal system. …”
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Follow-up rescreening uptake and persistent positive rates among women after positive cervical cancer screening results in Ethiopia: a longitudinal cross-sectional study by Adamu Addissie, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Eric Sven Kroeber, Sefonias Getachew, Muluken Gizaw, Abel Shita, Alemnew Destaw, Eyerusalem Getachew, Miresa Midaksa, Sophie Sarah Rossner

“…Of these 768 (4.4%) had positive screening results, and 515 women treated at the primary level were included to assess follow-up rescreening uptake. …”
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Long-term mortality outcome of a primary care-based mobile health intervention for stroke management: Six-year follow-up of a cluster-randomized controlled trial. by Xingxing Chen, Enying Gong, Jie Tan, Elizabeth L Turner, John A Gallis, Shifeng Sun, Siran Luo, Fei Wu, Bolu Yang, Yutong Long, Yilong Wang, Zixiao Li, Yun Zhou, Shenglan Tang, Janet P Bettger, Brian Oldenburg, Xiaochen Zhang, Jianfeng Gao, Brian S Mittman, Valery L Feigin, Ruitai Shao, Shah Ebrahim, Lijing L Yan

“…Analyses were conducted on an intention-to-treat basis. Of 1,299 patients experiencing stroke (mean age 65.7 years, 42.6% females) followed-up to 6 years, 276 (21.2%) died (median time-to-death 43.0 months [quantile 1-quantile 3: 26.7-56.8]). …”
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Evaluation of the Impact of Mobile Health App Vitadio in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Randomized Controlled Trial by Maxi Pia Bretschneider, Agnieszka Barbara Kolasińska, Lenka Šomvárska, Jan Klásek, Jan Mareš, Peter EH Schwarz

“…The primary outcome, assessed in the intention-to-treat population, was a change in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels at 6 months. …”
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Impact evaluation of a digital health platform empowering Kenyan women across the pregnancy-postpartum care continuum: A cluster randomized controlled trial. by Rajet Vatsa, Wei Chang, Sharon Akinyi, Sarah Little, Catherine Gakii, John Mungai, Cynthia Kahumbura, Anneka Wickramanayake, Sathyanath Rajasekharan, Jessica Cohen, Margaret McConnell

“…We generated standardized summary indices to account for multiple hypothesis testing but also analyzed individual index components. Intention-to-treat analyses were conducted for all outcomes at the individual level, with standard errors clustered by facility. …”
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Internet and telephone intervention to support patients discontinuing long-term antidepressants in primary care: the REDUCE research programme including RCT by Tony Kendrick, Beth Stuart, Hannah Bowers, Mahboobeh Haji Sadeghi, Helen Page, Christopher Dowrick, Michael Moore, Mark Gabbay, Geraldine Leydon, Guiqing Lily Yao, Shihua Zhu, Paul Little, Gareth Griffiths, Glyn Lewis, Carl May, Joanna Moncrieff, Chris F Johnson, Una Macleod, Simon Gilbody, Rachel Dewar-Haggart, Samantha Williams, Wendy O’Brien, Riya Tiwari, Catherine Woods, Tasneem Patel, Naila Khan, Emma Maund, Nadja van Ginneken, Amy Din, Claire Reidy, Rebecca Lucier, Bryan Palmer, Taeko Becque, Yumna Masood, Natalie Thompson, Ellen van Leeuwen, Marta Glowacka, Adam WA Geraghty

“…Primary analysis was performed by intention to treat, with per-protocol and complier-average sensitivity analyses. …”
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Improving older people’s experiences and safety at transitions of care: the PACT mixed-methods study including RCT by Jenni Murray, Ruth Baxter, Jane O’Hara, Laura Sheard, Catherine Hewitt, Natasha Hardicre, Charles Vincent, Eirini Oikonomou, Gerry Richardson, Rosie Shannon, Kalpita Baird, Stephen Brealey, Robbie Foy, Laura Mandefield, Sarah Hampton, Ed Breckin, Lubena Mirza, Alfredo Palacios, Sally Moore, Jayne Marran, Jacqui Elliot, Jane Schofield, Alison Cracknell, Beth Woods, Sarah Cockayne, Thomas Mills, Yvonne Birks, Olivia Joseph, Rebecca Lawton

“…Examples include the messages within the booklet not being strong enough and the lack of time to complete the discharge template (by staff). …”
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