AJMC July 30, 2022
The mobile intervention, based on the Integrated Theory of Health Behavior Change, significantly improved self-management behaviors among patients with tuberculosis (TB).
A self-management mobile health (mHealth) intervention based on the integrated theory of health behavior change (ITHBC) may help patients better understand their tuberculosis (TB), according to a study published in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance.
Researchers conducted a prospective randomized control study that included 114 patients admitted to a single TB clinic in China between May and August 2020.
Patients were split into intervention and control groups. All patients received routine medical and nursing care in the clinic for 3 months. However, the 59 patients in the intervention group had access to the pharmacist-assisted mHealth intervention based on the...
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