Abstract: Objective The research is to study the degree of satisfaction and acceptance of the mobile supervision mode among the patients who are suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis and to explore the appropriate population in some areas within Shandong Province in order to provide evidence for further promotion. Methods Ten cities in Shandong were selected by simple random sampling as study locations. Finally, 910 TB patients were interviewed face to face who were diagnosed from 10 counties of Yantai,Linyin,Tai’an, Liaocheng, Zibo, Zaozhuang, Jining, Heze, Dezhou and Binzhou in all 10 cities during April 1st, 2012 to March 31st, 2013. 910 valid questionnaires were collected and the effective rate was 100.0% (910/910). EpiData 3.1 was used to set up the databases,and SPSS 18.0 for descriptive and χ² test analysis,with P<0.05 as significant difference. Results TB patients had higher level satisfaction with this mode, the proportion of very satisfied to satisfied was 31.8% (289/910) to 41.2% (375/910) respectively. 32.8% (298/910) of TB patients completely accepted and 42.9% (390/910) of patients comparatively accepted “according to mobile reminders to take medicine on time”. The satisfactory rate in 18-49 years age group was 35.9% (207/577), higher than 24.7% (82/333) of over 50 yeas age group (χ²＝4.60,P<0.05). The rate in high school education was 41.5% (83/200), higher than 13.8% (11/80) of illiteracy education (χ²＝16.45,P<0.05). The rate in other professions was 38.6% (169/438), higher than 23.1% (95/364) of migrant workers (χ²＝6.94,P<0.05). The rate of overall acceptance in high school education and above was 41.0% (82/200), higher than 17.5% (14/80) of illiteracy education (χ²＝4.15,P<0.05). The rate in other professions was 38.1% (167/438), higher than 26.9% (98/364) of agriculture laborers (χ²＝4.51,P<0.05). Conclusion Most pulmonary tuberculosis patients can accept and are satisfied with mobile supervision mode. This mode is worth promoting. Additional training and guidance should be given to the elderly, low education level and low-income patients.

Key words: Tuberculosis, pulmonary, Cellular phone, Degree of patient satisfaction, Level of patient acceptance, Questionnaires