Reasons of TB Treatment Non Compliance
Objective: To assess the prevalence and reasons of non compliance to treatment of tuberculosis among the patients of Sharif medical city Hospital Lahore. Material and Methods: 150 patients of tuberculosis were taken as a sample based upon non-probability convenient sampling. The data was collected b...
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| Published in: | Esculapio (Lahore) Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 222 - 225 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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19-08-2023
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| Summary: | Objective: To assess the prevalence and reasons of non compliance to treatment of tuberculosis among the patients of Sharif medical city Hospital Lahore. Material and Methods: 150 patients of tuberculosis were taken as a sample based upon non-probability convenient sampling. The data was collected by the investigators themselves with the use of semi-structured questionnaire that was finalized after pre-testing. Results: The data was analysed by putting into IBM statistics SPSS software. All the respondents(100%) have already heard about tuberculosis. The pooled prevalence of non compliance to TB is 44.4%. Conclusion: Overall level of knowledge about tuberculosis and its practices among the patients of tuberculosis attending Sharif medical city hospital Lahore was found satisfactory (40%). The majority of respondents are not taking medicine because of side effects of drugs (41.3%), fear of drugs (40%), long duration of TB treatment (62.7%) and TB clinic is far from home (66.7%). |
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| ISSN: | 2309-3080 |
| DOI: | 10.51273/esc23.2519217 |