SMS reminders to improve adherence and cure of tuberculosis patients in Cameroon (TB-SMS Cameroon): a randomised controlled trial

Bediang, Georges Wylfred; Stoll, Beat; Elia, Nadia; Abena, Jean-Louis; Geissbuhler, Antoine

doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5502-x

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SMS reminders to improve adherence and cure of tuberculosis patients in Cameroon (TB-SMS Cameroon): a randomised controlled trial

ContributorsBediang, Georges Wylfred; Stoll, Beat; Elia, Nadia; Abena, Jean-Louis; Geissbuhler, Antoine

Published inBMC Public Health, vol. 18, no. 1

Publication date2018

Abstract

Our study suggests that SMS reminders do not increase treatment success and cure proportions. However, the low proportion of patients cured at 6 month may be an underestimation due to a high dropout rate between the fifth and the sixth months of treatment. Future trials should focus on reducing the dropout rate.

Keywords

SMS-reminders
Text messaging
MHealth
Effectiveness
Tuberculosis
Developing countries
Low-middle income countries
Africa

Affiliation

Research group

Groupe Geissbuhler Antoine (informatique médicale) (222)

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BEDIANG, Georges Wylfred et al. SMS reminders to improve adherence and cure of tuberculosis patients in Cameroon (TB-SMS Cameroon): a randomised controlled trial. In: BMC Public Health, 2018, vol. 18, n° 1. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5502-x

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PID : unige:104724
DOI : 10.1186/s12889-018-5502-x
PMID : 29720146

ISSN of the journal1471-2458

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