High adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment among patients attending a hospital and slum health centre in Nairobi, Kenya
| العنوان: | High adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment among patients attending a hospital and slum health centre in Nairobi, Kenya |
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| المؤلفون: | M. Raguenaud, Rony Zachariah, H. Ritter, M. Massaquoi, V. Ombeka, J.M. Chakaya |
| المصدر: | Global Public Health. 3:433-439 |
| بيانات النشر: | Informa UK Limited, 2008. |
| سنة النشر: | 2008 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Tuberculosis, business.industry, Isoniazid, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, medicine.disease, Health centre, Regimen, Anti tuberculosis, Pill, medicine, business, Rifampicin, Slum, medicine.drug |
| الوصف: | We conducted a study among patients with tuberculosis (TB) attending two health facilities—a hospital and a slum health centre—in Nairobi, in order to: (a) assess adherence to anti-TB treatment; and (b) identify reasons for non-adherence. Urine Isoniazid (INH), used as a proxy for overall adherence, was detected in 142 (97% {95% CI 92–99}) of the 147 patients involved in the study. Five patients had no INH detected in urine and had run out of pills within the previous three days. The reasons included: not having enough pills to last until the appointment date (1); delays due to work or family reasons (2); needing to seek money for transport (1); and losing some pills (1). Anti-TB treatment adherence is high, and this is reassuring information as Kenya plans to change to a superior first-line regimen based on rifampicin throughout the course of anti-TB treatment. Providing patients with a three-day “excess stock” of pills would provide a “safety net” for continued treatment. |
| تدمد: | 1744-1706 1744-1692 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::c5d1a425ed4aa5894a6c17e838ac4fdd https://doi.org/10.1080/17441690802063205 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........c5d1a425ed4aa5894a6c17e838ac4fdd |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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