Table 1.
Categorization of the included mHealth apps (N=55).
| Category | Description | n (%) | Examples |
| Adherence monitoring | Assistance for patients to keep track of their daily drug intake; video observed treatment facilitates directly observed treatment |
8 (15) | miDOT – EMOCHA; AiCure; SureAdhere; TBmCure; Wisepill evriMED |
| Individualized dosing | Assistance for doctors with dosage adjustments based on certain patient characteristics; dosage calculators based on guidelines |
6 (11) | DoseMeRx; MwPharm; InsightRx; TDMx |
| eLearning/information | Depiction of official guidelines; information about the disease itself and its therapy; assistance for clinicians and students to learn about tuberculosis diagnosis and disease management; display of news in the field of tuberculosis |
29 (53) | Tuberculosis TB treatment and Plan; ExplainTB; Tuberculosis TB Symptoms, Causes & Diet Help; TB mobile |
| (Self-) Diagnosis | Diagnostics based on data input (eg, questionnaire answers, cough sound); apps for clinicians and students to train in tuberculosis diagnosis | 3 (6) | TuberSpot; TimBre for Tuberculosis (TB); Diagnosa Tuberkulosis (TB) |
| Others | Evaluation of treatment costs; tracing of people having contact with an infected person; monitoring and tracking of patients with tuberculosis; assistance with data gathering; creation of laboratory reports | 9 (16) | CAD4TB; eDetection; TB eHealth; EdetectTB; LTBI Care |