Residual Effect of Texting to Promote Medication Adherence for Villagers with Schizophrenia in China: 18-Month Follow-up Survey After the Randomized Controlled Trial Discontinuation

Yiyuan Cai   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Wenjie Gong   ^{2, 3, 4 *} , PhD ;   Wenjun He   ^{5, 6} , MM ;   Hua He   ⁷ , PhD ;   James P Hughes   ⁸ , PhD ;   Jane Simoni   ^{9, 10} , PhD ;   Shuiyuan Xiao   ¹¹ , PhD ;   Stephen Gloyd   ¹⁰ , PhD ;   Meijuan Lin   ¹² , MM ;   Xinlei Deng   ¹³ , BA ;   Zichao Liang   ¹³ , BA ;   Bofeng Dai   ¹³ , MM ;   Jing Liao   ¹³ , PhD ;   Yuantao Hao   ¹³ , PhD ;   Dong Roman Xu   ^{5, 6} , PhD

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistic, School of Public Health, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China

² HER Team and Department of Maternal and Child Health, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China

³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States

⁴ Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

⁵ Center for World Health Organization (WHO) Studies and Department of Health Management, School of Health Management of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

⁶ Acacia Labs, Institute for Global Health and Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

⁷ School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States

⁸ Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

⁹ Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

¹⁰ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

¹¹ Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China

¹² School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

¹³ School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

*these authors contributed equally