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Acceptability of the Medication Event Reminder Monitor for Promoting Adherence to Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Therapy in Two Indian Cities: Qualitative Study of Patients and Health Care Providers.

Beena E ThomasJ Vignesh KumarMurugesan PeriyasamyAmit Subhash KhandewaleJ Hephzibah MercyE Michael RajS KokilaApurva Shashikant WalgudeGunjan Rahul GaurkhedeJagannath Dattatraya KumbharSenthanro OvungMariyamma PaulB Sathyan RajkumarRamnath Subbaraman
Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2021)
Several features of the MERM support its acceptability among patients with MDR-TB and HCPs, and some barriers to patient use could be addressed by improving the design of the device. However, some barriers, such as disease-related stigma, are more difficult to modify and may limit use of the MERM among some patients with MDR-TB. Further research is needed to assess the accuracy of MERM for measuring adherence, its effectiveness for improving treatment outcomes, and patients' sustained use of the device in larger scale implementation.
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