Mobile phone short message service for adherence support and care of patients with tuberculosis infection: Evidence and opportunity.

ABSTRACT: To attain the Global End Tuberculosis (TB) goals, the treatment of persons with TB requires advancements in coordinated approaches that are low-cost and highly accessible. Treating TB successfully requires prolonged medication regimens with good adherence, which in turn requires patients to be adequately supported. Furthermore, TB care-providers often wish to monitor treatment-taking by patients in order to track the success of their programs and ensure adequate completion of therapies by individuals. The standard-of-care for treatment monitoring in TB programs often includes directly observed therapy (DOT). Video observed therapy (VOT) has emerged as a method to mimic in-person visits or observations, especially in the smartphone era with internet data connections, but remains simply inac

SUBMITTER: Lester R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6830136 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature