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Texting patients to remind them to take drugs could prevent the deaths of thousands of people from stroke or heart attack and save millions of pounds each year, a new study suggests.
Currently 500 million is wasted each year because patients stop taking drugs. However a new study by Queen Mary University of London showed that sending a text reminder improved patients' taking pills by 64%.
Not only would it stop the National Heath Service wasting millions on drugs, it would also stop thousands of people dying needlessly because they fail to take medicine that lowers their cholesterol or blood pressure.
Professor David Wald, Consultant Cardiologist and Lead Author, Queen Mary University of London, said, "An important and overlooked problem in medicine is the failure to take prescribed medication(处方*). The results of this trial show that text message reminders help prevent this in a simple and effective way. More than just a reminder, the texts provided the link to identify patients who needed help. "
Around a third of people do not take their treatment as prescribed(按照要求). Some patients forget to take their tablets and others stop because of uncertainty over the benefits or harms of treatment.
Researchers asked 303 people over a six month period to take part in a study to find out if texting would be beneficial.
The "text message" group received texts every day for two weeks, alternate days for two weeks and then weekly for 6 months, asking if they had taken their medication that day. Patients who had not, or did not reply, were telephoned and offered help.
In the "no text" group, 25 percent of patients stopped their medication completely or took less than four fifths of their prescribed treatment, compared with only 9 percent in the "text message" group.
David Taylor, Emeritus Professor of Pharmaceutical and Public Health Policy at UCL, added, "The implications of these results are considerable from both an economic and a health gain perspective. The method is not limited to cardiovascular disease prevention and could be used for patients on treatment for other diseases. "
32. Why is a large amount of medical fee wasted every year?
A. Patients take too much medicine. B. Patients don't go to hospital in time.
C. Patients forget the doctor's instructions. D. Patients don't take medicine as instructed.
33. The percentage of people who don't act on the doctor's directions is about .
A. 9% B. 25% C. 33.3% D. 64%
34. What did researchers do with patients who didn't reply to their text messages?
A. They just left them alone. B. They reminded them by telephone.
C. They contacted them on the internet. D. They visited them in their apartment.
35. What do we know from what David Taylor said?
A. Texting patients is beneficial.
B. All patients need reminding by texting.
C. The benefits of texting are not obvious.
D. The method should be adopted by all hospitals. .
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