Alleviating psychosocial distress in drug-resistant tuberculosis: a pre-post study on telephone-delivered motivational interviewing

Objective This pilot feasibility study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a telephone-delivered motivational interviewing (MI) intervention in alleviating loneliness, depressive symptoms, and anxiety among patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). Methods Employing a single-group pre-post design, 74 DR-TB patients were recruited from the tuberculosis wards of Chengdu Public Health Clinical Medical Center between January and December 2021. Participants underwent a 12-week MI-based telepho