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Factors Influencing Early Health Facility Contact and Low Default Rate among New Sputum Smear Positive Tuberculosis Patients, India
Joint Authors
Bhardwaj, Ashok Kumar
Kashyap, Surender
Bansal, Pradeep
Sharma, Sushant
Kumar, Dinesh
Chander, N. Vijaya
Raina, Sunil Kumar
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-03-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Early case identification and prompt treatment of new sputum smear positive case are important to reduce the spread of tuberculosis (TB).
Present study was planned to study the associated factors for duration to contact the health facility since appearance of symptoms and treatment default.
Methodology.
It was prospective cohort study of TB patients already registered for treatment in randomly selected TB units (TUs) in Himachal Pradesh, India.
Relative risk (RR) was calculated as risk estimate to find out the explanatory variables for early contact and default.
Results.
Total 1607 patients were recruited and 25 (1.5%) defaulted treatment.
Patients from nuclear family (aRR: 1.37; 1.09–1.73), ashamed of TB (aRR: 1.32; 1.03–1.70), wishing to disclose disease status (aRR: 1.79; 1.43–2.24), but aware of curable nature (aRR: 1.67; 1.17–2.39) and preventable (aRR: 1.35; 1.07–1.70) nature of disease, contacted health facility early since appearance of symptoms.
Conclusion.
Better awareness and less misconceptions about disease influences the early contact of health facility and low default rate in North India.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bhardwaj, Ashok Kumar& Kashyap, Surender& Bansal, Pradeep& Kumar, Dinesh& Raina, Sunil Kumar& Chander, N. Vijaya…[et al.]. 2014. Factors Influencing Early Health Facility Contact and Low Default Rate among New Sputum Smear Positive Tuberculosis Patients, India. Pulmonary Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1047245
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bhardwaj, Ashok Kumar…[et al.]. Factors Influencing Early Health Facility Contact and Low Default Rate among New Sputum Smear Positive Tuberculosis Patients, India. Pulmonary Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1047245
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bhardwaj, Ashok Kumar& Kashyap, Surender& Bansal, Pradeep& Kumar, Dinesh& Raina, Sunil Kumar& Chander, N. Vijaya…[et al.]. Factors Influencing Early Health Facility Contact and Low Default Rate among New Sputum Smear Positive Tuberculosis Patients, India. Pulmonary Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1047245
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1047245