Mobile Health App for Tuberculosis Screening and Compliance to Undergo Chest X-ray Examination Among Presumptive Cases Detected by the App in Myanmar: Usability Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Myanmar, the use of a mobile app for tuberculosis (TB) screening and its operational effect on seeking TB health care have not been evaluated yet.

Objective

This study aims to report the usability of a simple mobile app to screen TB and comply with chest X-ray (CXR) examination of presumptive cases detected by the app.

Methods

A new "TB-screen" app was developed from a Google Sheet based on a previously published algorithm. The app calculates a TB risk propensity score from an individual's sociodemographic characteristics and TB clinical history and suggests whether the individual should undergo a CXR. The screening program was launched in urban slum areas soon after the COVID-19 outbreak subsided. A standard questionnaire was used to assess the app's us

SUBMITTER: Htet KKK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9177170 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature