Asynchronous Video Directly Observed Therapy to Monitor Short-Course Latent Tuberculosis Infection Treatment: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Richard S Garfein,
Lin Liu,
Javier Cepeda
et al.
Abstract:Background
Observing medication ingestion through self-recorded videos (Video Directly Observed Therapy [VDOT]) has been shown to be a cost-effective alternative to in-person DOT for monitoring adherence to treatment for tuberculosis (TB) disease. VDOT could be a useful tool to monitor short-course latent TB infection (LTBI) treatment.
Methods
We conducted a prospective, randomized controlled trial comparing VDOT (interventio… Show more
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