Effectiveness of Text Message Reminders on Adherence to Inhaled Therapy in Patients With Asthma: Prospective Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial

Carlos Almonacid   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Carlos Melero   ² , MD, PhD ;   Antolín López Viña   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Carolina Cisneros   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Luis Pérez de Llano   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Vicente Plaza   ⁶ , MD, PhD ;   Juan Luis García-Rivero   ⁷ , MD, PhD ;   Auxiliadora Romero Falcón   ⁸ , MD, PhD ;   Jacinto Ramos   ⁹ , MD, PhD ;   Teresa Bazús González   ¹⁰ , MD, PhD ;   María Andrés Prado   ¹¹ , MD, PhD ;   Alfonso Muriel   ¹² , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria, University of Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain

² Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Institute for Health Research (i+12), Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

³ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Autonoma University of Madrid, Majadahonda, Spain

⁴ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Autónoma University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

⁵ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, University of Lugo, Lugo, Spain

⁶ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Institut d’Investigació Biomédica Sant Pau, Autònoma University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

⁷ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Laredo Hospital, Laredo, Spain

⁸ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain

⁹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

¹⁰ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain

¹¹ Department of Health Information Management, Fundación Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain

¹² Unit of Clinical Biostatistics, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria, Consorcio Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, University of Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain