Improving Tuberculosis Medication Adherence: The Potential of Integrating Digital Technology and Health Belief Model
Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant public health concern. Globally, TB is among the top 10 and the leading cause of death due to a single infectious agent. Providing standard anti-TB therapy for at least 6 months is recommended as one of the crucial strategies to control the TB epidemic. However, th...
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| author | Mohd Fazeli Sazali Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim Ahmad Hazim Mohammad Fairrul Kadir Alvin Oliver Payus Richard Avoi Mohammad Saffree Jeffree Azizan Omar Mohd Yusof Ibrahim Azman Atil Nooralisa Mohd Tuah Rahmat Dapari Meryl Grace Lansing Ahmad Asyraf Abdul Rahim Zahir Izuan Azhar |
| author_facet | Mohd Fazeli Sazali Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim Ahmad Hazim Mohammad Fairrul Kadir Alvin Oliver Payus Richard Avoi Mohammad Saffree Jeffree Azizan Omar Mohd Yusof Ibrahim Azman Atil Nooralisa Mohd Tuah Rahmat Dapari Meryl Grace Lansing Ahmad Asyraf Abdul Rahim Zahir Izuan Azhar |
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| description | Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant public health concern. Globally, TB is among the top 10 and the leading cause of death due to a single infectious agent. Providing standard anti-TB therapy for at least 6 months is recommended as one of the crucial strategies to control the TB epidemic. However, the long duration of TB treatment raised the issue of non-adherence. Non-adherence to TB therapy could negatively affect clinical and public health outcomes. Thus, directly observed therapy (DOT) has been introduced as a standard strategy to improve anti-TB medication adherence. Nonetheless, the DOT approach has been criticized due to inconvenience, stigma, reduced economic productivity, and reduced quality of life, which ultimately could complicate adherence issues. Apart from that, its effectiveness in improving anti-TB adherence is debatable. Therefore, digital technology could be an essential tool to enhance the implementation of DOT. Incorporating the health belief model (HBM) into digital technology can further increase its effectiveness in changing behavior and improving medication adherence. This article aimed to review the latest evidence regarding TB medication non-adherence, its associated factors, DOT’s efficacy and its alternatives, and the use of digital technology and HBM in improving medication adherence. This paper used the narrative review methodology to analyze related articles to address the study objectives. Conventional DOT has several disadvantages in TB management. Integrating HBM in digital technology development is potentially effective in improving medication adherence. Digital technology provides an opportunity to improve medication adherence to overcome various issues related to DOT implementation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-697446b3a42742fb9bf16e6716890d9d2023-04-03T01:41:04ZengThe Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory DiseasesTuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases1738-35362005-61842023-04-01862829310.4046/trd.2022.01484809Improving Tuberculosis Medication Adherence: The Potential of Integrating Digital Technology and Health Belief ModelMohd Fazeli Sazali0Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim1Ahmad Hazim Mohammad2Fairrul Kadir3Alvin Oliver Payus4Richard Avoi5Mohammad Saffree Jeffree6Azizan Omar7Mohd Yusof Ibrahim8Azman Atil9Nooralisa Mohd Tuah10Rahmat Dapari11Meryl Grace Lansing12Ahmad Asyraf Abdul Rahim13Zahir Izuan Azhar14 Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, MARA Technological University, Sg Buloh, MalaysiaTuberculosis (TB) is a significant public health concern. Globally, TB is among the top 10 and the leading cause of death due to a single infectious agent. Providing standard anti-TB therapy for at least 6 months is recommended as one of the crucial strategies to control the TB epidemic. However, the long duration of TB treatment raised the issue of non-adherence. Non-adherence to TB therapy could negatively affect clinical and public health outcomes. Thus, directly observed therapy (DOT) has been introduced as a standard strategy to improve anti-TB medication adherence. Nonetheless, the DOT approach has been criticized due to inconvenience, stigma, reduced economic productivity, and reduced quality of life, which ultimately could complicate adherence issues. Apart from that, its effectiveness in improving anti-TB adherence is debatable. Therefore, digital technology could be an essential tool to enhance the implementation of DOT. Incorporating the health belief model (HBM) into digital technology can further increase its effectiveness in changing behavior and improving medication adherence. This article aimed to review the latest evidence regarding TB medication non-adherence, its associated factors, DOT’s efficacy and its alternatives, and the use of digital technology and HBM in improving medication adherence. This paper used the narrative review methodology to analyze related articles to address the study objectives. Conventional DOT has several disadvantages in TB management. Integrating HBM in digital technology development is potentially effective in improving medication adherence. Digital technology provides an opportunity to improve medication adherence to overcome various issues related to DOT implementation.http://e-trd.org/upload/pdf/trd-2022-0148.pdftuberculosisadherencedirectly observed therapydigital technologyhealth belief model |
| spellingShingle | Mohd Fazeli Sazali Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim Ahmad Hazim Mohammad Fairrul Kadir Alvin Oliver Payus Richard Avoi Mohammad Saffree Jeffree Azizan Omar Mohd Yusof Ibrahim Azman Atil Nooralisa Mohd Tuah Rahmat Dapari Meryl Grace Lansing Ahmad Asyraf Abdul Rahim Zahir Izuan Azhar Improving Tuberculosis Medication Adherence: The Potential of Integrating Digital Technology and Health Belief Model Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases tuberculosis adherence directly observed therapy digital technology health belief model |
| title | Improving Tuberculosis Medication Adherence: The Potential of Integrating Digital Technology and Health Belief Model |
| title_full | Improving Tuberculosis Medication Adherence: The Potential of Integrating Digital Technology and Health Belief Model |
| title_fullStr | Improving Tuberculosis Medication Adherence: The Potential of Integrating Digital Technology and Health Belief Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving Tuberculosis Medication Adherence: The Potential of Integrating Digital Technology and Health Belief Model |
| title_short | Improving Tuberculosis Medication Adherence: The Potential of Integrating Digital Technology and Health Belief Model |
| title_sort | improving tuberculosis medication adherence the potential of integrating digital technology and health belief model |
| topic | tuberculosis adherence directly observed therapy digital technology health belief model |
| url | http://e-trd.org/upload/pdf/trd-2022-0148.pdf |
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