Tuberculosis Treatment Compliance Under Smartphone-Based Video-Observed Therapy Versus Community-Based Directly Observed Therapy
- Conditions
- Active pulmonary TuberculosisTuberculosis Adherence
- Registration Number
- TCTR20210624002
- Lead Sponsor
- Thai Health Systems Research Institute
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 140
A cluster was considered eligible for the study based on an observer. An observer will be recruited to our study if he/she has a responsibility to observe at least one patient that meet all of the following criteria:
1. new case of active pulmonary TB with a positive acid-fast bacillus in sputum smear.
2. age more than 18 years old
3. able to use LINE application
4. live in Songkhla province
There is no exclusion criteria for a cluster, however the TB patient in the cluster will be excluded if he/she meet at least one of the following criteria:
1. has a condition that must be referred to the specialist
2. antibiotic sensitivity test (GeneXpert) shows rifampicin resistance
3. status is not compatible to continue treatment
4. alcohol dependent
5. migrant labour
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method