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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2019, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (10): 1136-1140.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2019.10.014

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Application and progress of new approaches for management of tuberculosis treatment

Bo WU()   

  1. Department of Outpatient, Chongqing Institute of Tuberculosis Prevention and Control,Chongqing 400050,China
  • Received:2019-07-06 Online:2019-10-10 Published:2019-10-09
  • Contact: Bo WU E-mail:957571316@qq.com

Abstract:

Improving treatment compliance is priority for TB control. DOT is help for improving the tuberculosis treatment compliance; however, general promotion is difficult because of some problems in implementation of DOT. Recently, new approaches to reminding patients to taking medication and re-examination, such as medicine kits with built-in reminder alarms, mobile short message, mobile video, mobile APP and drug sensor, have been used to improve treatment compliance. This review summarized these studies including background, application, advantages and disadvantages, as well as future development, in order to popularizing new management methods.

Key words: Tuberculosis, pulmonary, Medication adherence, Case management, Cellular phone, Computer communication networks, Review literature as topic