Toward Developing a Standardized Core Set of Outcome Measures in Mobile Health Interventions for Tuberculosis Management: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuberculosis (TB) management can be challenging in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) not only because of its high burden but also the prolonged treatment period involving multiple drugs. With rapid development in mobile technology, mobile health (mHealth) interventions or using a mobile device for TB management has gained popularity. Despite the potential usefulness of mHealth interventions for TB, few studies have quantitatively synthesized evidence on its effectiveness, presumably because of variability in outcome measures reported in the literature.

Objective

The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the outcome measures reported in TB mHealth literature in LMICs.

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews wer

SUBMITTER: Lee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6399569 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature