Medication Event Monitoring System for Infectious Tuberculosis Treatment in Morocco

A Retrospective Cohort Study

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ID15513402
AutoresSeup Park (Korea University), Ilham Sentissi, Seung Jae Gil (CARE International), Won-Seok Park (0000-0001-9265-4068, CARE International), Byungkwon Oh (CARE International), Ah Reum Son (0000-0003-3199-9796, CARE International), Young Ju Kong (CARE International), Solmoi Park (0000-0003-0746-3940, Korea University), Eunseong Paek (CARE International), Yong Joon Park (CARE International), Seung Heon Lee (0000-0002-7180-3877, Korea University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen16
Número3
Páginas412-412
Fecha de publicación2019-01-31
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph16030412
PMID30709029
OpenAlexW2914513235
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4

Non-adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment is a barrier to effective TB control. We investigated the effectiveness of a Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) as a tailored adherence-promoting intervention in Morocco. We compared patients who received a MEMS (n = 206) with patients who received standard TB care (n = 141) among new active TB patients with sputum smear-positive. The mean total medication days were 141.87 ± 29.5 in the control group and 140.85 ± 17.9 in the MEMS group ( p = 0.7147), and the mean age and sex were not different between the two groups ( p > 0.05). The treatment success rate was significantly higher in the MEMS group than in the control group (odds ratio (OR): 4.33, 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.13−8.81, p p p = 0.023). MEMS increased TB treatment success rate and decreased the lost to follow-up rate overall for infectious TB patients in a Moroccan rural area

Cohort · Cohort study · Confidence interval · Odds ratio · Pathology · Retrospective cohort study · Sputum · Tuberculosis · Medicine · Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment · Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Surgery

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