Year: 1991
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Treatment default and premature \ndiscontinuation of treatment continue to be \nmajor c o n s t r a i n t s f o r t h e s u c c e s s f u l \nimplementation of the National Tuberculosis \nprogramme. In order to assess the influence of \nmotivation in overcoming this problem and \nimproving patient compliance, a study was \nconducted at three of the major centres, \nnamely District Tuberculosis Centre, Vellore, \nand general hospitals at Gudiattam and \nVaniyambadi in Tamil Nadu. All new smear \npositive patients initiated to treatment between \nOctober, 1987 and April; 1989 were admitted to \nthe study. In all, 278 patients were motivated. \nThere was an increase in treatment completion \nrate among patients who had motivation \ninitially. This was more evident in patients who \nhad repeated motivation.
Author: Niruparani Charles
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2524030989