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Janmejaya Samal, Ranjit Kumar Dehury, M Benson Thomas, Hari Singh
…N:** TB and common mental disorders pose significant global health challenges that considerably impact human health. The combination of depression with TB can lead to a poor quality of life, low medication adherence, progression to drug-resistant tuberculosis, and ultimately, mor…
Sillah AK, Devoid I, Ndenkeh JJ, Moonga G, Loum I, et al.
…nt. Participants were asked about expenses for school fees, healthcare, festivities and food security of child contacts. Results While school attendance of the child contacts remained largely unaffected, there was a significant drop in school performance at 6 months ( P P Conclus…
Lee S, Aung MN, Kawatsu L, Uchimura K, Miyahara R, et al.
…ltiple logistic regression analysis revealed patients whose health insurance type was "others and unknown", including the uninsured (adjusted OR (AOR) = 3.43: 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) 2.57-4.58), those diagnosed as TB within "one year" (AOR = 2.61, 95% CI 1.97-3.46) and "1-5…
Byonanebye DM, Mackline H, Sekaggya-Wiltshire C, Kiragga AN, Lamorde M, et al.
… not surpassed 90%, the global target. The impact of mobile health interventions (MHIs) on TB treatment outcomes is unknown, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). MHIs, including interactive voice response technology (IVRT), may enhance adherence and retention i…
Pranay Sinha, Madhavi Bhargava, Madolyn R Dauphinais, Madeline E Carwile, C Robert Horsburgh, et al.
…th TB, as compared to no nutritional support. We calculated health outcomes (TB episodes, TB deaths, and disability-adjusted life years [DALYs]) over the lifetime of intervention recipients and assessed costs from healthcare and societal perspectives. We tested the robustness of …
Ondiro J, Onyangore F, Onyango R, Muema L, Aduda DSO
…ritical dimension in clinical decision-making that enhances health worker-patient interactions and increases individuals' sustained engagement with treatment, thereby benefiting the people affected and the wider public by mitigating the infection risk. This study assessed the liv…
Lopes SR, Marçal M, Fernandes N, Silva F, Barbosa P, et al.
Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health challenge despite ongoing control efforts, particularly in the context of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB), where treatment success rates remain low, underscoring the need for new therapeutic options. This review synthesis…
S. Richardson, Pamela Vorster, Ronelle Burger, Matthias Rieger
…he feasibility and acceptability of a conversational mobile health (mHealth) platform running on WhatsApp to improve medication adherence among TB patients in a low-income community in South Africa. </sec> <sec> <title>METHODS</title> Adult patients newly diagnosed with DS TB com…
Aner H Khan
…on on treatment adherence among patients with PTB using the health belief model theory and MARS-5. 2. To evaluate the impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on treatment outcomes among patients with PTB. 3. To evaluate the impact of pharmacist-led educational intervent…
Cherchi A, Vaz A, Coelho A, Fregonese L, Thirstrup S
…iatric formulations and contribute to better compliance and health outcomes.
Devoid I, Sillah AK, Sutherland J, Owolabi O, Ivanova O, et al.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the costs and catastrophic costs incurred by drug-susceptible (DS) pulmonary TB patients in The Gambia. METHODS: This observational study collected cost and socio-economic data using a micro-costing approach from the household perspective from 244 adult DS…
Sunday Olakunle Olarewaju, Sunday Charles Adeyemo, Ayomide Timilehin Kayode, Janet Oluwaseyi Ayinmodu, Olushina Ololade Oladeji, et al.
…cobacterium tuberculosis is still one of the leading public health problems, despite advances in the effort to reduce its incidence, morbidity, and mortality. Studies have shown that the prevalence of depression correlated with the severity and duration of tuberculosis. Therefore…
Tadesse AW, Cusinato M, Weldemichael GT, Abdurhman T, Assefa D, et al.
Background Non-adherence to tuberculosis treatment increases the risk of poor treatment outcomes. Digital adherence technologies (DATs), including the smart pillbox (EvriMED), aim to improve treatment adherence and are being widely evaluated. As part of the Adherence Support Coal…