CHAPTER IV - TREATMENT BEHAVIOUR OF TB PATIENTS <<Back
 
a) Treatment Failure & The Problem of Non Adherence
 
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AU : Reichman LB
TI : Compliance in developed nations.
SO : TUBERCLE 1987 ( Suppl), 68, 25-29.
DT : Per
AB :

The problems of compliance among TB patients are similar in developed and developing nations and the solutions are a little different. The reasons for non-compliance, the kind of patients in whom non-compliance is high, the problems in detecting compliance, patients’ attitudes which affect compliance and suggestions to overcome these attitude problems are presented. Ways to reduce non-compliance include such means as providing SCC, directly administered therapy, providing all treatment medications only once daily, providing a fixed-dose combination of treatment drugs and, treating the patients on an out-patient basis.

KEYWORDS: COMPLIANCE; USA.
 
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