Initial loss to follow up among tuberculosis patients : the role of ward‑based outreach teams and short message service (SMS) technology (research proposal)
| dc.contributor.author | Mwansa‑Kambafwile, Judith R.M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chasela, Charles | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ismail, Nazir Ahmed | |
| dc.contributor.author | Menezes, Colin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-17T05:20:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-17T05:20:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-11-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | INTRODUCTION : Tuberculosis (TB) is a problem in South Africa. Initial loss to follow up (LTFU) among TB patients is high varying between 14.9 and 18%. Some of the reasons for this are: lack of proper communication between patient and staff on next steps after testing, not aware that results are ready; and other competing priorities. Receiving reminder messages that result is ready is an intervention that can be explored to reduce initial LTFU. This can be through either receiving a note from the Ward-Based Outreach Teams (WBOTs) or via short message service (SMS) advising the patient to collect test result at the facility. This proposal aims to assess the effectiveness of WBOTs or SMS technology in reducing TB initial LTFU. METHODS : This will be a mixed methods approach. In depth interviews with WBOT Managers and TB Program Managers will be conducted. Focus group discussions with WBOT members will also be conducted. Two interventions (enhanced WBOTs/SMS technology) will be tested using a 3 arm randomized controlled trial (standard of care, SMS technology or enhanced WBOTs). The WBOTs will deliver paper note reminders while SMS intervention will entail sending reminder SMS messages to patients as soon as TB results are ready. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Medical Microbiology | en_ZA |
| dc.description.librarian | am2020 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The Carnegie Corporation of New York, Sida, the DELTAS Africa Initiative and Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. The DELTAS Africa Initiative is by the Wellcome Trust (UK) and the UK government. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mwansa-Kambafwile, J.R.M., Chasela, C., Ismail, N. et al. 2019, 'Initial loss to follow up among tuberculosis patients : the role of ward‑based outreach teams and short message service (SMS) technology (research proposal)', BMC Research Notes, vol. 12, art. 737, pp. 1-9. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1756-0500 | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.1186/s13104-019-4757-3 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/75334 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | BioMed Central | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2019. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Messaging | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Tuberculosis (TB) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | South Africa (SA) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Loss to follow-up (LTFU) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Ward-based outreach teams (WBOT) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Short message service (SMS) | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Initial loss to follow up among tuberculosis patients : the role of ward‑based outreach teams and short message service (SMS) technology (research proposal) | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |