Reduction of alcohol and tobacco smoking and improving adherence in patients with tuberculosis Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
3 Motivational Interviewing sessions and 10 adherence, 7 tobacco smoking and/or 7 alcohol related SMS-messages
Participants will receive three counselling sessions of about 20 minutes
Sponsors
Medical Research Council of South Africa
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adults who were due to start TB treatment, or who had been on treatment for less than one month for the current TB episode for bacteriologically or clinically confirmed drug sensitive pulmonary TB (PTB) 2. Current smokers, defined as having smoked any tobacco in the past month or hazardous or harmful drinkers (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test [AUDIT] score = 8 for men or = 7 for women and < 16 for hazardous drinking and between 16 and 19 for harmful drinking).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Did not possess a functioning cell phone 2. Too ill to be interviewed 3. Did not speak any of the languages used in the exit questionnaires (English, Isizulu, Sesotho, and Setswana)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Recruitment and retention rates measured at the end of the 3rd MI session (approximately at 2 months follow-up) using patient records | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. LHWs’ experiences and perceptions using semi-structured interviews at the end of the 3rd MI session 2. TB patients experiences and perceptions using semi-structured questionnaires at the end of the 3rd MI session 3. MI fidelity using recorded MI sessions measured at the end of study by expert review | — |
Countries
South Africa
Outcome results
None listed