The Effect of Education with an Automatic SMS Reminder System onType 2 Diabetes Patients’ Medication Adherence

Background: diabetes isoneof themostcommonmetabolic diseases leading to debilitating complications. oneof themostimportantcauses of complications in diabetic patients is non-adherence to the medication regimen due to forgetfulness and negligence.objectives: this study aimed to investigate the effect of education with an automatic sms reminder system on type 2 diabetespatients’ medication adherence.methods: this quasi-experimental study was performed on 120 patients with type 2 diabetes referring to the diabetes clinic inzahedan in 2021. the participants were randomly assigned to the control and intervention groups. the participants in the interventiongroup were reminded to take their medications using the automatic sms service. the data were collected using a demographicinformation questionnaire and the morisky medication adherence scale (mmas). the mmas items were completed by the participantsin both groups before the intervention and one month after the intervention. the collected data were analyzed using spss-26software at a significance level of 0.05.results: the results indicated that the mean scores of medication adherence in the two intervention and control groups beforetraining with the automatic sms reminder system were not significantly different (p = 0.052). however, after the intervention, themean score of medication adherence for the patients in the intervention group was significantly higher than that of the patients inthe control group (p = 0.001).conclusions: drug reminders using the automated sms reminder system can improve medication adherence in diabetic patients.