Towards the Design of a Gamified Application to Increase Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence in Vietnam
Alexander Wortberg,
Guido Perscheid,
Jürgen Moormann
et al.
Abstract:Despite being treatable, tuberculosis (TB) remains among the most common causes of death worldwide. One of the countries with the highestburden from TB is Vietnam. A major factor responsible for the high mortality rate is nonadherence to medication and the subsequent outbreak of multidrug-resistant forms of TB, which are harder to treat and show a lower chance of survival. Existing measures to increase medication adherence focus on monitoring medication intake without considering the reasons for nonadherence -… Show more
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