Mobile phone text messaging for promoting adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment: A systematic review

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nglazi, Mweete D ^a,b   Bekker, Linda Gail ^a   Wood, Robin ^a   Hussey, Gregory D ^a   Wiysonge, Charles S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adherence; Anti tubercular agents; Compliance; Mobile phone; Text messages; Tuberculosis treatment

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; KENYA; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MOBILE PHONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMINDER SYSTEM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEXT MESSAGING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARGENTINA; CELLULAR PHONE; HUMANS; KENYA; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOUTH AFRICA; TEXT MESSAGING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84888599997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-566     Document Type: Article

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