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Karla Santo
Researcher at University of Sydney
Publications - 36
Citations - 1900
Karla Santo is an academic researcher from University of Sydney. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomized controlled trial & mHealth. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 31 publications receiving 1370 citations. Previous affiliations of Karla Santo include The George Institute for Global Health.
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Effect of Lifestyle-Focused Text Messaging on Risk Factor Modification in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Clara K Chow,Clara K Chow,Julie Redfern,Graham S. Hillis,Graham S. Hillis,Graham S. Hillis,Jay Thakkar,Jay Thakkar,Karla Santo,Maree L. Hackett,Stephen Jan,Nicholas Graves,Laura de Keizer,Tony Barry,Severine Bompoint,Sandrine Stepien,Robyn Whittaker,Anthony Rodgers,Aravinda Thiagalingam,Aravinda Thiagalingam +19 more
TL;DR: Among patients with coronary heart disease, the use of a lifestyle-focused text messaging service compared with usual care resulted in a modest improvement in LDL-C level and greater improvement in other cardiovascular disease risk factors.
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Mobile Telephone Text Messaging for Medication Adherence in Chronic Disease: A Meta-analysis
Jay Thakkar,R. Kurup,Tracey-Lea Laba,Karla Santo,Aravinda Thiagalingam,Anthony Rodgers,Mark Woodward,Julie Redfern,Clara K Chow +8 more
TL;DR: Mobile phone text messaging approximately doubles the odds of medication adherence in adults with chronic disease, and this increase translates into adherence rates improving from 50% to 67.8%, or an absolute increase of 17.8%.
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Mobile Phone Apps to Improve Medication Adherence: A Systematic Stepwise Process to Identify High-Quality Apps
Karla Santo,Sarah S Richtering,John Chalmers,John Chalmers,Aravinda Thiagalingam,Clara K Chow,Julie Redfern,Julie Redfern +7 more
TL;DR: Using the MARS instrument, high-quality apps were identified that were rated as being very interesting and entertaining, highly interactive and customizable, intuitive, and easy to use and to navigate as well as having a high level of visual appeal and good-quality information.
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Validation of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS).
Yannik Terhorst,Paula Philippi,Lasse Sander,Dana Schultchen,Sarah Paganini,Marco Bardus,Karla Santo,Karla Santo,Johannes Knitza,Gustavo C Machado,Stephanie Schoeppe,Natalie Bauereiß,Alexandra Portenhauser,Matthias Domhardt,Benjamin A. Walter,Martin Krusche,Harald Baumeister,Eva-Maria Messner +17 more
TL;DR: The metric evaluation of the MARS demonstrated its suitability for the quality assessment of mobile health apps and could be used to make the quality of MHA transparent to health care stakeholders and patients.
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Factors Influencing Engagement, Perceived Usefulness and Behavioral Mechanisms Associated with a Text Message Support Program.
Julie Redfern,Julie Redfern,Karla Santo,Karla Santo,Genevieve Coorey,Genevieve Coorey,Jay Thakkar,Jay Thakkar,Maree L. Hackett,Maree L. Hackett,Maree L. Hackett,Aravinda Thiagalingam,Aravinda Thiagalingam,Clara K Chow,Clara K Chow,Clara K Chow +15 more
TL;DR: Context and insight is provided into the factors influencing consumer engagement with a text message program aimed at improving health-related behavior and the study suggests program components that may enhance potential success but will require integration at the development stage to optimize up-scaling.