Table 1 Description of study arms
Control: DOT | Intervention: self-administered therapy with MEMS technology |
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Patients report daily to the nearest health unit to be observed by a health care provider as they ingest their medication Behavioural: Adherence counselling. Patients will receive adherence counselling as scheduled by their primary care health providers | Device: MEMS CAP without LCD display and EDP® technology on medicine box. Standard MEMS devices record the time and date when the bottle is opened The MEMS technology automatically complies drug dosing history information by electronically recording the date and time of each opening of the medication cap and or box Behavioural: Adherence counselling. Patients will receive adherence counselling as scheduled by their primary care health providers |