Sri Ratna Rahayu, - (2020) Information System for Adherence Assessment of Tuberculosis Patients Connected with Smartphone. International Journal of Latest Engineering Research and Applications, 5 (3). ISSN 2455-7137

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Abstract

At present, the adherence of treatment activities for infectious diseases such as tuberculosis has resulted in poor clinical outcomes and ongoing infectivity. Directly Observed Treatment Shortcourse (DOTS) has now become the standard of care for monitoring Tuberculosis treatment, but this method has a number of limitations. At present, the use of conventional medication records systems is considered ineffective because it requires a long service time and large numbers of medical staff. This research proposes the method of developing information systems connected to smartphones to facilitate therapies observed remotely. This study developed a Swallowing Companion system integrated with telegram to provide medication reminders and facilitate taking photos of Tuberculosis drug consumption at a predetermined time every day, to be uploaded and then reviewed by medical personnel. Testing was carried out in public health services involving 17 respondents. Test results that have been validated by expert experts obtained a score of 61.5 (good), while the results of the validation of practitioners obtained a score of 64.5 (very good). The feasibility test results of the information system that was built using PSSUQ overall satisfaction has received a score of 85.28% (very feasible). The system test results show the significance value of 2-way (t-tailed) 0,000 <0.05 which means there are significant differences before and after the intervention of the information system that has been built. This study can be concluded that the information system that has been built is feasible, effective and easy to use as a self monitoring of tuberculosis patient adherence.

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