Using modern technology, investigators will observe participants taking their TB tablets three times per week using a mobile phone, iPod or computer with camera facilities in the participants home environment.
Using modern technology, the investigators will observe participants taking their TB tablets three times per week using a mobile phone, iPod or computer with camera facilities in the participants home environment. Investigators will connect to the participants mobile phone, iPod or computer at a mutually convenient time three times per week who will observe participants taking their TB medication. The Virtual Observed Therapy will be carried out using NHS Lothian approved software (mobile app called POLYCOM) three times per week. This is software similar to Skype but POLYCOM is the approved software we use in NHS Lothian.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
12
Virtual Observation of participants taking their medication
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Treatment completion rates using VOT compared with historical completion rates.
Time frame: length of TB treatment (usually 6-12 months)
% Cure from TB treatment
Time frame: length of TB treatment (usually 6-12 months)
number of VOT actually observed divided by the expected VOT observed
Time frame: length of TB treatment (usually 6-12 months)
patient satisfaction questionnaire at end of treatment
Time frame: length of TB treatment (usually 6-12 months)
Mortality
Time frame: length of TB treatment (usually 6-12 months)
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