Household members and health care workers as supervisors of tuberculosis treatment
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| contents | Household members and health care workers as supervisors of tuberculosis treatment Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel Leticia Molino Guidoni Ana Paula Brioshi Thiago Nascimento do Prado Geisa Fregona David Jamil Hadad Lucilia Pereira Molino Moises Palaci John L Johnson Reynaldo Dietze Salud nursing Caregivers Tuberculosis Home Nursing Cohort Studies OBJECTIVE: To compare tuberculosis cure rates among patients supervised by household members or health care workers. METHODS: Prospective cohort study of 171 patients treated by the program in Vitoria, Southeastern Brazil, from 2004 to 2007. Each patient was followed- up for six months until the end of the treatment. Of the patients studied, a household member supervised 59 patients and healthcare workers supervised 112 patients. Patients’ sociodemographic and clinic data were analyzed. Differences between groups were assessed using chi-square test or Student’s t-test. Significance level was set at 5%. RESULTS: Most patients had smear positive, culture confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis. Two patients were HIV-positive. There were more illiterate patients in the healthcare-supervised group, in comparison to those supervised by their families (p=0.01). All patients supervised by a household member were cured compared to 90% of the patients supervised by health care workers (p = 0.024). CONCLUSIONS: Successful tuberculosis treatment was more frequent when supervised by household members. 2010 artículo científico 0034-8910 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=67240184015 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=672 Revista de Saúde Pública application/pdf Universidade de São Paulo Revista de Saúde Pública (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.44 |
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| spellingShingle | Household members and health care workers as supervisors of tuberculosis treatment Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel Salud nursing Caregivers Tuberculosis Home Nursing Cohort Studies Household members and health care workers as supervisors of tuberculosis treatment Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel Leticia Molino Guidoni Ana Paula Brioshi Thiago Nascimento do Prado Geisa Fregona David Jamil Hadad Lucilia Pereira Molino Moises Palaci John L Johnson Reynaldo Dietze Salud nursing Caregivers Tuberculosis Home Nursing Cohort Studies OBJECTIVE: To compare tuberculosis cure rates among patients supervised by household members or health care workers. METHODS: Prospective cohort study of 171 patients treated by the program in Vitoria, Southeastern Brazil, from 2004 to 2007. Each patient was followed- up for six months until the end of the treatment. Of the patients studied, a household member supervised 59 patients and healthcare workers supervised 112 patients. Patients’ sociodemographic and clinic data were analyzed. Differences between groups were assessed using chi-square test or Student’s t-test. Significance level was set at 5%. RESULTS: Most patients had smear positive, culture confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis. Two patients were HIV-positive. There were more illiterate patients in the healthcare-supervised group, in comparison to those supervised by their families (p=0.01). All patients supervised by a household member were cured compared to 90% of the patients supervised by health care workers (p = 0.024). CONCLUSIONS: Successful tuberculosis treatment was more frequent when supervised by household members. 2010 artículo científico 0034-8910 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=67240184015 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=672 Revista de Saúde Pública application/pdf Universidade de São Paulo Revista de Saúde Pública (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.44 |
| title | Household members and health care workers as supervisors of tuberculosis treatment |
| topic | Salud nursing Caregivers Tuberculosis Home Nursing Cohort Studies |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=67240184015 |