Electronic monitoring of treatment adherence and validation of alternative adherence measures in tuberculosis patients: a pilot study

• Principais autores: Jossy van den Boogaard (Autor), Ramsey A Lyimo (Autor), Martin J Boeree (Autor), Gibson S Kibiki (Autor), Rob E Aarnoutse (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: The World Health Organization, 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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OBJECTIVE: To assess adherence to community-based directly observed treatment (DOT) among Tanzanian tuberculosis patients using the Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) and to validate alternative adherence measures for resource-limited settings using MEMS as a gold standard. METHODS: This was...