Effectiveness of Mobile Health for Improving Medication Adherence in Patients With Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials - PubMed

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Mobile health (mHealth) interventions significantly improve medication adherence rates (OR 3.47) and scores (SMD 1.01) in cancer patients.
mHealth also enhances self-efficacy (SMD 0.90), service satisfaction, and reduces symptom burden (SMD -0.38), but does not significantly affect health literacy.
Subgroup analyses show interventions lasting <3 months and text messaging services are more effective, with breast cancer patients showing the greatest improvement in adherence scores.
The evidence has limitations including substantial heterogeneity, moderate bias risk, and low certainty, calling for more high-quality, long-term studies.

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