Text Messages Sent to Household Tuberculosis Contacts in Kampala, Uganda: Process Evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have reported the inconsistent effectiveness of text messaging (short message service, SMS) for improving health outcomes, but few have examined to what degree the quality, or "fidelity," of implementation may explain study results.

Objective

The aim of this study was to determine the fidelity of a one-time text messaging (SMS) intervention to promote the uptake of tuberculosis evaluation services among household contacts of index patients with tuberculosis.

Methods

From February to June 2017, we nested a process evaluation of text message (SMS) delivery within the intervention arm of a randomized controlled trial of tuberculosis contact investigation in Kampala, Uganda. Because mobile service providers in Uganda do not provide delivery con

SUBMITTER: Meyer AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6280036 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature