Clinical Trial: SMS-based Lifestyle Intervention for Patients With Liver Cirrhosis With Previous Hepathic Encephalopathy

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: A Randomized, Pragmatic, Outcome-assessor-blinded Study of an SMS-message-based Lifestyle Intervention in Patients With Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis

Brief Summary: To investigate whether simple reminders about healthy lifestyle sent via mobile phone text messages can improve the liver cirrhosis severity and prognosis (as assessed by the MELD score supported by the Child-Pugh score) among patients with liver cirrhosis that have been through a 12-week supervised and facility-based physical exercise training program and in-patient rehabilitation.