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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Barriers and facilitators of implementing electronic monitors to improve adherence and health outcomes in tuberculosis patients: protocol for a systematic review based on the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

 

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Population (P)

• Patients diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis disease and using of electronic monitors

• Patients diagnosed with diseases other than TB or not using electronic monitors in their treatment

Intervention (I)

• Electronic monitors including an automated electronic device as a medication container or box

• Monitors with no automated electronic device as a medication container or box and without monitor function

Outcome (O)

• Factors that influence the implementation process of electronic monitors that aim to improve adherence and health outcomes of patients with TB

• No factors as categorized in the CFIR constructs that influence the implementation process of electronic monitors

Study design (S)

• Any study design expects those involving exclusion criteria

• Editorial and commentary articles, reviews and protocols studies which do not include intervention implementation or the affecting factors; assessment of guideline studies

Others

• No limits on publication year

• Literature not published in English

• Includes human research

• Animal research