TB-SMS Cameroo
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis
- Registration Number
- PACTR201307000583416
- Lead Sponsor
- Réseau en Afrique Francophone pour la Télémédecine (Geneva University Hospital)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 260
Inclusion Criteria
must be new smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis
- to have at least 18 years (born before 1st January 1995).
- the patient must know how to read French or English
- have a mobile phone number for personal use
- know how to open and read an SMS on his telephone
- give his consent (signed on the informed consent form)
Exclusion Criteria
- to be an hospitalised or severely ill patient as identified by health staff
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The cure rate at 6 months in the groups « SMS intervention » and « Control ».
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The rate of treatment adherence (regularity in the respect of prescriptions and the percentage of prescribed doses taken);Treatment failure;The degree of satisfaction