Gamified-Reality-Video-Observed-Therapy (GRVOTS) Mobile Apps Impact On Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence Among Working Age Population

This study's general objective is to develop GRVOTS mobile apps and assess its impact on TB treatment adherence among working-age populations.

Single Arm Intervention Study

Health care facilities (Clinics and Hospital)

Inclusion 1-Ability to speak and read English or BM 2-Working-aged TB patients (18-64 years old) 3-Newly diagnosed with PTB (first-line treatment) 4-Has completed the in-person DOT at least two weeks (ensuring medications tolerance) (Garfein et.al., 2015) 5-Willing and able to provide informed consent 6-Knowledge in smartphone and apps usage Exclusion 1-Patients with drug-resistant TB 2-Patients with health conditions that disallow them to use smartphone (severe arthritis, vision impairment)3-Patients with no knowledge of smartphone usage

Patient will be given GRVOTS mobile apps that enable them to virtually record their medication intake via Video Direct Observed Therapy (VDOTS) as a method to monitor their medication adherence daily instead of coming to the healthcare facilities to enable their drug intake being observed physically . Supervisor or the healthcare staff will received the VDOTS daily via the GRVOTS mobile apps and approved them. After 2 months of usage, we calculate the numbers of video sent and ask them to fill up the questionnaire to see their level of motivation and medication adherence

Numbers of video (VDOTS ) received

Published research report that contains all the findings of the study.

starting 6 months after publication

people working in the academic area

for scientific use

scientific journal

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