CHAPTER IV - TREATMENT BEHAVIOUR OF TB PATIENTS <<Back
 
a) Treatment Failure & The Problem of Non Adherence
 
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AU : Pande RV
TI : Treatment default of tuberculosis patients in a domiciliary service clinic at Lucknow.
SO : INDIAN J TB 1968, 15, 107-112.
DT : Per
AB :

To understand the reasons for TB patients’ default in treatment behaviour, data available at the Rajendra Nagar TB Clinic, Lucknow, from patients registered during 1964-66, were analysed. 3,609 (43%) cases out of 8,374 patients proven to have pulmonary TB were given treatment. The particulars and behaviours towards treatment, of these patients, is described. Initial and subsequent defaulters were reminded to resume treatment through: 1) a personal appeal posted to the defaulter (Type 1 action), 2) a local community leader or the head of the office was requested by post to persuade the patient (Type II action), 3) a member of the staff personally contacted the patient (Type III action). Default was not associated with gender, distance or severity of TB. Retrieved patients’ versions for possible causes of default were more reasonable than those who did not come back to treatment. Some suggestions to reduce default are offered.

KEYWORDS: SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR; DEFAULT; INDIA.
 
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