Comparative study of therapeutic programmes for tuberculosis, from data from the Public Department of Infectious Diseases of the city of Caxias do Sul
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https://doi.org/10.24302/sma.v6i2.1299Abstract
The aims of the present study were to assess treatment with tuberculostatics to verify the drop out rate in therapeutic programmes (2RHZ/4RH and 2RHZE/4RH), and to identify predictive factors associated to drop out of treatment. For this purpose, data gathered from literature and those made available by the local Public Department of Infectious Diseases of the city of Caxias do Sul in the 2011-2013 period were used. Pearson's chi-squared test or Fisher's exact test have been used to compare and associate the outcome of the treatment and the variables. The therapeutic programmes assessed in this study did not meet the WHO targets for tuberculosis control. The predictive factors for dropping out of treatment were: male, age between 20-39 years old, low level of education, new case, and presence of comorbidities. Out of these factors, the ones that resulted statistically significant when associated to the outcome of the treatment were admission (new case) and presence of comorbidities. In order to achieve effective tuberculosis control, it is necessary to reduce the factors of treatment drop out.
Keyword: Tuberculosis. Drop out of treatment. 2RHZ/4RH. 2RHZE/4RH.