ArticleSingapore medical journal2015
Outcome of a grocery voucher incentive scheme for low-income tuberculosis patients on directly observed therapy in Singapore.
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- Improving cascade outcomes for active TB: A global systematic review and meta-analysis of TB interventions.PLoS medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Adherence interventions and outcomes of tuberculosis treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis of trials and observational studies.PLoS medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Incentives and enablers to improve adherence in tuberculosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- A Matter of Inclusion: A Cluster-Randomized Trial to Access the Effect of Food Vouchers Versus Traditional Treatment on Tuberculosis Outcomes in Brazil.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2022Trial
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- Psychosocial support interventions to improve treatment outcomes for people living with tuberculosis: a mixed methods systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- A Cross-sectional Study on the Magnitude of undernutrition in Tuberculosis Patients in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2021Article
- Tuberculosis care: enhancing directly observed therapy in a peri-urban, low socioeconomic status neighbourhood.Singapore medical journal · 2019Article
- More Than Malnutrition: A Review of the Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Tuberculosis.Open forum infectious diseases · 2019Review
- Is Singapore on track to eliminate tuberculosis by 2030? A policy case study.SAGE open medicine · 2019Review
- Risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among tuberculosis patients in Serbia: a case-control study.BMC public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionThe 'DOT & Shop' scheme is sponsored by SATA CommHealth, a local non-governmental organisation. It was launched in July 2009, in collaboration with Singapore's Tuberculosis Control Unit (TBCU). Under this scheme, grocery vouchers are disbursed to low-income patients with tuberculosis (TB) at each clinic visit if they have been adherent to directly observed therapy (DOT). This study aimed to determine the effect of this incentive scheme on treatment completion rates and to report the characteristics of patients who were non-adherent to the scheme.
methodsThis descriptive study used data from the TBCU medical social worker database and the National TB Registry.
resultsFrom July 2009 to December 2012, a total of 883 TB patients were enrolled in the scheme. The overall treatment completion rates of the patients before (July 2006-June 2009) and after (July 2009-December 2012) the implementation of the scheme improved from 85.3% to 87.2% (p = 0.02). Patients under this scheme had a higher treatment completion rate (90.0%) than those not under this scheme (86.4%) (p < 0.01). It was found that the non-adherent patients were more likely to be of Malay ethnicity, younger and unemployed.
conclusionWe demonstrate the salutary effect of a non-governmental organisation-funded grocery voucher incentive scheme for low-income TB patients on DOT in Singapore.
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