TB Research

Faculty Opinions recommendation of Digital adherence technology for tuberculosis treatment supervision: A stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial in Uganda.

Bavesh D Kana

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2021-05

Abstract

Adherence to and completion of tuberculosis (TB) treatment remain problematic in many high-burden countries. 99DOTS is a low-cost digital adherence technology that could increase TB treatment completion.

MeSH terms

  • Medicine
  • Randomized controlled trial
  • Tuberculosis
  • Odds ratio
  • Cluster randomised controlled trial
  • Culture conversion
  • Odds
  • Clinical trial
  • Directly Observed Therapy
  • Cluster (spacecraft)
  • Intervention (counseling)
  • Pediatrics
  • Physical therapy
  • Family medicine