ArticlePublic health action2021
Educational counselling of patients with combined TB and diabetes mellitus: a randomised trial.
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- Quality of life and multiple long-term conditions in Southeast Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nature communications · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of patient care interventions on clinical, humanistic, and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis patients with diabetes mellitus: A systematic review.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2026Review
- The Provision of Care for Patients with Tuberculosis and Diabetes Mellitus Multi-Morbidity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: An Analysis of Patients' Perspectives.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
settingNewly diagnosed pulmonary TB with diabetes mellitus (DM) comorbidity attending clinics in Bandung City, Indonesia.
objectiveTo describe the effect of educational counselling on patients' knowledge about TB (transmission, treatment, risk factors) and DM (symptoms, treatment, complications, healthy lifestyle), adherence to medication, and to assess characteristics associated with knowledge.
designAll patients received counselling and were then randomised to either structured education on TB-DM, combined with clinical monitoring and medication adjustment (intervention arm), or routine care (control arm). Knowledge and adherence were assessed using a questionnaire.
resultsBaseline and 6-month questionnaires were available for 108 of 150 patients randomised (60/76 in the intervention arm and 48/74 in the control arm). Patients knew less about DM than about TB. There was no significant difference in the proportion with knowledge improvement at 6 months, both for TB (difference of differences 14%;
conclusionsStructured education did not clearly improve patients' knowledge. It was associated with better adherence to DM medication, but this could not be attributed to education alone. More efforts are needed to improve patients' knowledge, especially regarding DM.
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