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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (7): 704-710.doi: 10.19982/j.issn.1000-6621.20220102

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Analysis of the usage of electronic pillbox and WeChat App in pulmonary tuberculosis patients

XUE Xiao(), ZHANG Dong-yan, AI Ping, DENG Ling, CHEN Wei, HU Yuan-lian, JIA Xue-jiao, YANG Guo-liang, XIN Zhen-jiang, CHANG Li-jie   

  1. Fengtai District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100071,China
  • Received:2022-04-01 Online:2022-07-10 Published:2022-07-06
  • Contact: XUE Xiao E-mail:xuexiao198609@163.com

Abstract: Objective: To analyze the usage of electronic pillbox and WeChat App in pulmonary tuberculosis(PTB) patients and to provide experience for the promotion of such intelligent tools.Methods: We obtained data from the E-patient service system and the Surveillance Report Management Module of the Chinese Information System for Disease Control and Prevention, also data collected by health care workers providing community health services, analyzed the usage of electronic pillbox and WeChat App of 563 PTB patients supervised by 25 community health service centers, analyzed the adoption rate differences in different genders, age groups, occupations, household registrations, ethnic groups, educational levels and tuberculosis etiological test results, and the adherence rate to the electronic pillbox and WeChat App.Results: The adoption rate of electronic pillbox and WeChat App was 54.7% (308/563) together, 12.8% (72/563) and 41.9% (236/563) for each, the latter was higher than the former. Univariable analysis showed that the adoption rate of electronic pillbox in junior college or above was 11.1% (29/261), senior high school/technical secondary school was 20.5% (27/132),there was significant difference in the adoption rate of electronic pillbox among patients with different educational levels (χ2=9.352, P=0.009). Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that the adoption rate of electronic pillbox in patients with senior high school/technical secondary school education was 2.407 times of that of patients with junior middle school and below education (OR=2.407,95%CI:1.215~4.767); The adoption rate of WeChat App was not affected by factors in analysis. The adherence rate for electronic pillbox was 22.2% (16/72) and 25.8% (61/236) for WeChat App, no significant difference detected (χ 2=0.387, P=0.534).Conclusion: Both intelligent tools can be popularized in PTB patients. Patients were more willing to choose WeChat App to assist treatment management. The adoption rate in patients with high school/technical secondary school education was higher. It is still necessary to further improve the adoption rate and quality utilization of electronic pillbox and WeChat App.

Key words: Tuberculosis, pulmonary, Electronic pillbox, WeChat App, Case management

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