TY  - JOUR
T1  - Feasibility and Acceptability of Mobile Graphic-Based Reminders to Support Adherence of
Tuberculosis Treatment in Developing Countries
AU - Ali Haji, Haji AU - Bashir Juma, Mwanakhamis 
JO  - Asian Journal of Information Technology
VL  - 19
IS  - 2
SP  - 35
EP  - 44
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1682-3915
DO  - ajit.2020.35.44
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ajit.2020.35.44
KW  - mobile graphic-based reminders
KW  -tuberculosis
KW  -developing countries
KW  -Mobile technology
KW  -levels
AB  - The phenomenon of rapid increment of the
mobile phones can be utilized through supporting patients
such as those who have TuBerculosis (TB) for treatment
adherence. This utilization will enable these patients to
directly communicate or receive health information such
as reminder messages from healthcare facilities. However,
the current mobile interventions such as text messaging
and speech reminder systems have limited use for people
with low literacy levels. The aim of this study was to
assess the feasibility and acceptability of mobile Graphic-
Based Reminders (GBRs) to support compliance of
treatment regimens among TB patients, especially, semiliterate
and illiterate patients. A total of 59 adults who are
active TB and taking anti-TB drugs were enrolled in a
randomized controlled trial. The trial was conducted in
Zanzibar, Tanzania between 2015 and 2017. Participants
were randomized to three groups: GBRs speech-based
reminders control group without reminder. Participants
participated in qualitative semi-structured interviews on
feasibility and acceptability of this technology.
Systematically analysed was used to analyse qualitative
data. Quantitative data, resulting from experimental event
logs which recorded based upon device metrics collected
electronically and summarized descriptively using SPSS
(Version 21). The results revealed that GBRs is generally
acceptable; the feedback from participants was perceived
usefulness-the intervention was beneficial in motivating
and reminding patients to take medication as well as
enabling provision of social support. The GBRs was
found to be technically feasible to support compliance of
TB treatment as data were obtained from most
participants as expected most of the time.
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