Perceptions and acceptability of short message services technology to improve treatment adherence amongst tuberculosis patients in Peru: A focus group study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Albino, Sandra ^a   Tabb, Karen M ^b   Requena, David ^a   Egoavil, Miguel ^a   Pineros Leano, Maria F ^b   Zunt, Joseph R ^c   García, Patricia J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERU; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TEXT MESSAGING; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; DEVICES; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; REMINDER SYSTEM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERU; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TEXT MESSAGING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84901348900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095770     Document Type: Article

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