Trial reportBMC public health2020
Experiences and intentions of Ugandan household tuberculosis contacts receiving test results via text message: an exploratory study.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Implementing mHealth Interventions in a Resource-Constrained Setting: Case Study From Uganda.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Trial
- mHealth-supported tuberculosis contact investigation by community health workers in high-burden countries: a scoping review.Global health action · 2026Article
- mHealth to improve implementation of TB contact investigation: a case study from Uganda.Implementation science communications · 2023Article
- Theory-Informed Design of a Tailored Strategy for Implementing Household TB Contact Investigation in Uganda.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- A cost analysis of implementing mobile health facilitated tuberculosis contact investigation in a low-income setting.PloS one · 2022Article
- The Promise and Peril of Mobile Phones for Youth in Rural Uganda: Multimethod Study of Implications for Health and HIV.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) recommends household contact investigation for tuberculosis (TB) in high-burden countries. However, household contacts who complete evaluation for TB during contact investigation may have difficulty accessing their test results. Use of automated short-messaging services (SMS) to deliver test results could improve TB status awareness and linkage to care. We sought to explore how household contacts experience test results delivered via SMS, and how these experiences influence follow-up intentions.
methodsWe conducted semi-structured interviews with household contacts who participated in a randomized controlled trial evaluating home sputum collection and delivery of TB results via SMS (Pan-African Clinical Trials Registry #201509000877140). We asked about feelings, beliefs, decisions, and behaviors in response to the SMS results. We analyzed the content and emerging themes in relation to the Theory of Planned Behavior.
resultsWe interviewed and achieved thematic saturation with ten household contacts. Nine received TB-negative results and one a TB-positive result. Household contacts reported relief upon receiving SMS confirming their TB status, but also said they lacked confidence in the results delivered by SMS. Some worried that negative results were incorrect until they spoke to a lay health worker (LHW). Household contacts said their long-term intentions to request help or seek care were influenced by perceived consequences of not observing the LHW's instructions related to the SMS and follow-up procedures; beliefs about the curability of TB; anticipated support from LHWs; and perceived barriers to responding to an SMS request for further evaluation.
conclusionHousehold contacts experienced relief when they received results. However, they were less confident about results delivered via SMS than results delivered by LHWs. Delivery of results by SMS should complement continued interaction with LHWs, not replace them.
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