Tuberculosis
Conditions
Interventions
Tuuka app Arm
Sponsors
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For HealthCare workers at private hospitals •Employed in a private hospital setting •Willing and able to give consent •Aged 18 and above •Involved in Screening for TB For Health care workers at Public hospitals •Employed in a public hospital setting •Willing and able to give consent •Aged 18 and above •Involved in TB case management For Patients •Referred from the private hospital (study sites) to the public health facility (Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital) •Possess a mobile phone and able to read SMS texts •Willing and able to give consent •Aged 18 and above
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: For HealthCare workers at private hospitals •Not willing and unable to give consent •Not involved in the screening and diagnosing for TB disease For Health care workers at Public hospitals •Not willing and unable to give consent •Not involved in TB case management For Patients •Does not possess a mobile phone and is unable to read SMS texts •Not willing and unable to give consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adherence to referrals to the public hospital. Data on adherence to referral will be electronically captured by the Tuuka App specifically about the time spent to reach the referral. We hypothesize that at six months, adherence to referral as ascertained by Tuuka mobile app, will be higher in the intervention arm compared to the control arm. Potential influencing and mediating socio-behavioral factors will also be explored.;The feasibility of the Tuuka app in following up the referred patients from private to public hospitals. We will verify the technical functionality of the intervention with the following statistics at the end of six months for feasibility. 1) Using the intervention to notify presumptive TB case, 2) number and type of technical problems encountered. The intervention will be considered feasible if >70% of the participants 1) notify TB cases, 2) Healthcare workers at the public facility use the application to inform the patient that the patients have been received, 3) patients receive SMS reminders about the referral. ;TB treatment Initiation. Medical records will be reviewed to obtain information about the treatment initiation rate at the end of six months. Comparisons will be made between study arms (Intervention and Control) to ascertain the level of impact of the intervention among the participants. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Tuuka mobile app intervention will be considered acceptable if >70% participants rate 70% (7/10) items on the SU scale as very good or higher at the end of six months. Qualitative interviews will delve deeply into each of the four domains of the UTAUT model to provide in-depth feedback on the intervention. | — |
Countries
Uganda
Contacts
Public ContactAngella;Fred Musiimenta;Kaggwa
Senior Lecturer Faculty of Computing and Informatics;Lecturer Faculty of Computing and Informatics
Outcome results
None listed