Directly Observed Therapy
"Directly Observed Therapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A treatment method in which patients are under direct observation when they take their medication or receive their treatment. This method is designed to reduce the risk of treatment interruption and to ensure patient compliance.
Descriptor ID |
D023801
|
MeSH Number(s) |
E02.299 I01.880.604.528.125
|
Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Directly Observed Therapy".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Directly Observed Therapy".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Directly Observed Therapy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Directly Observed Therapy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
---|
2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Directly Observed Therapy" by people in Profiles.
-
Directly observed therapy to promote medication adherence in paediatric heart transplant recipients. Cardiol Young. 2021 Dec; 31(12):2048-2050.
-
A deep learning-based medication behavior monitoring system. Math Biosci Eng. 2021 01 28; 18(2):1513-1528.
-
Tuberculosis and COVID-19 in India- double trouble! Indian J Tuberc. 2020 12; 67(4S):S175-S176.
-
Low Disclosure of PrEP Nonadherence and HIV-Risk Behaviors Associated With Poor HIV PrEP Adherence in the HPTN 067/ADAPT Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 09 01; 82(1):34-40.
-
Tuberculosis care: enhancing directly observed therapy in a peri-urban, low socioeconomic status neighbourhood. Singapore Med J. 2019 Jul; 60(7):334-336.
-
Predictors of tuberculosis treatment success under the DOTS program in Namibia. Expert Rev Respir Med. 2018 11; 12(11):979-987.
-
Isoniazid-Rifapentine for Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Am J Prev Med. 2018 08; 55(2):244-252.
-
Tuberculosis elimination: where are we now? Eur Respir Rev. 2018 Jun 30; 27(148).
-
Revision and Implementation of "Clinical Guideline for Tuberculosis and HIV in Prisons", Great Tehran Prison, Iran. Infect Disord Drug Targets. 2018; 18(1):72-80.
-
Prevalence and treatment outcomes of routine Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis testing during antenatal care, Gaborone, Botswana. Sex Transm Infect. 2018 05; 94(3):230-235.