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ReviewIranian journal of public health2015

Tuberculosis Treatment Non-Adherence and Lost to Follow Up among TB Patients with or without HIV in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review.

Habteyes Hailu Tola, Azar Tol, Davoud Shojaeizadeh, Gholamreza Garmaroudi

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Review in Iranian journal of public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 110 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03135366 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

Delivering Community-based Interventions and Disease Management Tools Across a Digital Platform in Order to Increase TB Treatment Adherence in LMICs

TypeinterventionalSponsorYale UniversityRan2016 to 2017Enrolled1,190ConditionsTuberculosisArmsKeheala, Standard of Care
NCT04119375 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Behavior Change and Digital Health Interventions for Improved TB Treatment Outcomes: a RCT

TypeinterventionalSponsorMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyRan2018 to 2021Enrolled16,146ConditionsTuberculosis, Adherence, Patient, Adherence, Medication, Drug-resistant TuberculosisArmsKeheala Mobile Health Platform and Behavioral Interventions, Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC), SMS Reminder, Standard of Care
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

110 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  20. Patient Determinants and Effects on Adherence of Adverse Drug Reactions to Tuberculosis Treatment: A Prospective Cohort Analysis.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025
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50 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Habteyes Hailu TolaHealth Education & Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran.
Azar TolHealth Education & Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran.
Davoud ShojaeizadehHealth Education & Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran.
Gholamreza GarmaroudiHealth Education & Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This systematic review intended to combine factors associated with tuberculosis treatment non-adherence and lost to follow up among TB patients with/without HIV in developing countries. Comprehensive remote electronic databases (MEDLINE, (PMC, Pub Med Central), Google scholar and Web of science) search was conducted using the following keywords: Tuberculosis, treatment, compliance, adherence, default, behavioural factors and socioeconomic factors. All types of studies intended to assess TB treatment non-adherence and lost to follow up in developing countries among adult TB patient from 2008 to data extraction date were included. Twenty-six original and one-reviewed articles, which meet inclusion criteria, were reviewed. TB treatment non-adherence and lost to follow up were continued across developing countries. The main factors associated with TB treatment non-adherence and lost to follow up were socioeconomic factors: lack of transportation cost, lack of social support, and patients-health care worker poor communication. Behavioural factors were Feeling better after few weeks of treatments, tobacco and alcohol use, knowledge deficit about duration of treatment and consequences of non-adherence and lost to follow up. TB treatment non-adherence and lost to follow up were continued across developing countries throughout the publication years of reviewed articles. Numerous, socioeconomic and behavioural factors were influencing TB treatment adherence and lost to follow up. Therefore, well understanding and minimizing of the effect of these associated factors is very important to enhance treatment adherence and follow up completion in developing countries.

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Lost to follow upNon-adherenceTB patientsTuberculosis treatment

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PMID26060770
PMCPMC4449995

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