TY - JOUR
T1 - MHealth
T2 - An updated systematic review with a focus on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis long term management using mobile phones
AU - Devi, Balla Rama
AU - Syed-Abdul, Shabbir
AU - Kumar, Arun
AU - Iqbal, Usman
AU - Nguyen, Phung Anh
AU - Li, Yu Chuan Jack
AU - Jian, Wen Shan
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thanks to Billa Bhargava Rao for providing advice and assistance. This research is sponsored in part by National Science Council Taiwan (NSC) under grant NSC 99-2511-S-038-005-MY3 , Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Taiwan, under grant MOHW103-TDB-111-01 , Taipei Medical University under grant 99TMU-WFH-10 , 101TMU-SHH-21 , TMU102-AE1-B31 , Taipei Medical University and Taipei Medical University Hospital ( 101-TMU-TMUH-03 ) and Ministry of Education, Taiwan , under grant TMUTOP103006-6 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
PY - 2015/11
Y1 - 2015/11
N2 - Objective: To evaluate the utilization of mobile phone technology for treatment adherence, prevention, education, data collection, monitoring long-term management of HIV/AIDS and TB patients. Methods: Articles published in English language from January 2005 until now from PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, WHO databases, and clinical trials were included. Data extraction is based on medication adherence, quality of care, prevention, education, motivation for HIV test, data collection from HIV lab test results and patient monitoring. Articles selected for the analysis cover RCTs and non RCTs related to the use of mobile phones for long-term care and treatment of HIV/AIDS and TB patients. Results: Out of 90 articles selected for the analysis, a large number of studies, 44 (49%) were conducted in developing countries, 24 (26%) studies from developed countries, 12 (13%) are systematic reviews and 10 (11%) did not mention study location. Forty seven (52.2%) articles focused on treatment, 11 (12.2%) on quality of care, 8 (9%) on prevention, 13 (14.4%) on education, 6 (6.6%) on data collection, and 5 (5.5%) on patient monitoring. Overall, 66 (73%) articles reported positive effects, 21 (23%) were neutral and 3 (4%) reported negative results. Conclusions: Mobile phone technology is widely reported to be an effective tool for HIV/AIDS and TB long-term care. It can substantially reduce disease burden on health care systems by rendering more efficient prevention, treatment, education, data collection and management support.
AB - Objective: To evaluate the utilization of mobile phone technology for treatment adherence, prevention, education, data collection, monitoring long-term management of HIV/AIDS and TB patients. Methods: Articles published in English language from January 2005 until now from PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, WHO databases, and clinical trials were included. Data extraction is based on medication adherence, quality of care, prevention, education, motivation for HIV test, data collection from HIV lab test results and patient monitoring. Articles selected for the analysis cover RCTs and non RCTs related to the use of mobile phones for long-term care and treatment of HIV/AIDS and TB patients. Results: Out of 90 articles selected for the analysis, a large number of studies, 44 (49%) were conducted in developing countries, 24 (26%) studies from developed countries, 12 (13%) are systematic reviews and 10 (11%) did not mention study location. Forty seven (52.2%) articles focused on treatment, 11 (12.2%) on quality of care, 8 (9%) on prevention, 13 (14.4%) on education, 6 (6.6%) on data collection, and 5 (5.5%) on patient monitoring. Overall, 66 (73%) articles reported positive effects, 21 (23%) were neutral and 3 (4%) reported negative results. Conclusions: Mobile phone technology is widely reported to be an effective tool for HIV/AIDS and TB long-term care. It can substantially reduce disease burden on health care systems by rendering more efficient prevention, treatment, education, data collection and management support.
KW - HIV/AIDS
KW - Long-term management
KW - MHealth
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cmpb.2015.08.003
DO - 10.1016/j.cmpb.2015.08.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 26304621
AN - SCOPUS:84944223494
SN - 0169-2607
VL - 122
SP - 257
EP - 265
JO - Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
JF - Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
IS - 2
ER -
