Tuberculosis Treatment Compliance Under Smartphone-Based Video-Observed Therapy Versus Community-Based Directly Observed Therapy: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The health care system in Thailand has struggled to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in decreased administration of community-based directly observed therapy (DOT) for tuberculosis (TB). As an alternative to failed DOT, video-observed therapy (VOT) or the Thai asynchronous VOT system, "TH VOT," was devised. We developed a protocol for a study to test the superiority of VOT over DOT in ensuring treatment compliance.

Objective

We aim to compare the mean cumulative compliance days of TB patients and their observers under the VOT program with that of individuals under the DOT program during the intensive phase of TB treatment.

Methods

A cluster randomized controlled trial of pulmonary TB patients and their observers will be conducted over a 2-month pe

SUBMITTER: Kumwichar P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9308080 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature