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b) Measures to Improve Treatment Adherence
 
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AU : Gupta PR, Gupta ML, Purohit SD, Sharma TN & Bhatnagar M
TI : Influence of prior information of drug toxicity on patient compliance.
SO : J ASSOC PHYSICIANS INDIA 1992, 40, 181-183.
DT : Per
AB :

The findings of the Fifth TB Association of India’s SCC trial for the Jaipur Center were reanalysed. Sixty patients with pulmonary TB, who had not received any chemotherapy in the past, were divided into two groups. All the patients were put on isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide for 8 weeks followed by isoniazid and rifampicin for another 18 weeks. Group A patients were informed of the likely occurrence of anorexia and /or vomiting but Group B patients were not. Routine and default retrieval home visits were given to ensure maximal drug compliance.

Drug toxicity-related early defaults were significantly less common in Group A patients (1 of 30) as compared to group B (6 of 30).

KEYWORDS: MOTIVATION; COMPLIANCE; INDIA.
 
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