Evaluation of the Accuracy of 99DOTS, a Novel Cellphone-based Strategy for Monitoring Adherence to Tuberculosis Medications: Comparison of DigitalAdherence Data With Urine Isoniazid Testing. (28th March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Thomas, Beena E; Kumar, J Vignesh; Chiranjeevi, M; Shah, Daksha; Khandewale, Amit; Thiruvengadam, Kannan; Haberer, Jessica E; Mayer, Kenneth H; Subbaraman, Ramnath
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 71:Number 9(2020)
• Page Start: e513
• Page End: e516
• Publication Date: 2020-03-28
• Subjects: tuberculosis -- medication adherence -- mHealth -- digital adherence technologies -- India; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa333
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

Abstract: 99DOTS is a cellphone-based strategy for monitoring tuberculosis medication adherence. In a sample of 597 Indian patients with tuberculosis, we compared 99DOTS' adherence assessments against results of urine isoniazid tests collected during unannounced home visits. 99DOTS had suboptimal accuracy for measuring adherence, partly due to poor patient engagement with 99DOTS.