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SMS reminders for monitoring tuberculosis treatment among women in Greater Accra region, Ghana.
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- Digital adherence technology to improve medication adherence in tuberculosis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis randomized control trials.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Multi-level determinants of tuberculosis treatment completion in rural Uganda: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2026Article
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Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) disease has been of public health interest for decades. Its effect on women is more pronounced in their reproductive years. Nonadherence to treatment among people with TB undermines treatment outcomes and worsens the disease. Directly observed therapy for TB requires patients to take their medicine under observation. Mobile phones present the most potential in providing privacy. This study examined the use of short message service (SMS) reminders for monitoring TB treatment adherence among women in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. A quasi-experimental approach was used to assess the effect of SMS reminder intervention in two phases. Ten facilities were divided into two groups of five, with 105 and 125 for intervention and control groups, respectively. Adherence was assessed using the Medication Adherence Rating Scale for both groups before and after implementing the intervention and thereafter compared. STATA 15 was used to analyze data. Bivariate analyses were performed to assess medication uptake and factors associated with medication nonadherence between the intervention and control groups.
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