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Rajeswari R, Chandrasekaran K, Thiruvalluvan E, Rajaram
K, Sudha Ganapathy, Sivasubramanian S, Santha T & Prabhakar R |
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Study of the feasibility of involving male student
volunteers in case holding in an urban tuberculosis programme |
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INT J TB & LUNG DIS 1997, 1, 573-75 |
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This paper reports the feasibility of involving
unpaid National Service Scheme (NSS) male student volunteers in
a city-based TB programme in supplying drugs and retrieving non-compliant
TB patients. Twenty five students were selected after assessing
their attitude and were trained on TB drug delivery, home visits
and motivation of non-compliant patients. Twenty-three sputum positive
patients identified in a medical camp were started on an 8-month
SCC regimen. Students supplied the drugs on a weekly basis and defaulters
were visited. The treatment completion rate was 83% and defaulter
retrieval was 57%. All patients had sputum smear conversion by 2
months and one relapsed during the 24-month follow-up.
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KEY WORDS: CASE HOLDING; STUDENT VOLUNTEERS; INDIA. |