A Medication Adherence App for Children With Sickle Cell Disease: Qualitative Study.

Kristina Elizabeth Curtis Anastasiya Lebedev Elisa Aguirre Stephan Lobitz

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2019)

Patients with SCD have complex barriers to medication adherence necessitating the need for comprehensive models of behavior change to analyze the problem. Children and adolescents require an app that goes beyond simple medication reminders and takes into account the patient's beliefs, emotions, and environmental barriers to medication adherence.

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