An assessment of default and non-compliance in tuberculosis control in Pakistan
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 75 (5) , 717-718
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(81)90161-9
Abstract
Rates in particular for default from clinics and to a lesser degree non-compliance to treatment for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis have rarely been described quantitatively in the literature. In this report we describe studies in which an out-patient population in rural Pakistan was found retrospectively to have a default rate of 66%, and a non-compliance rate of 53% for P.A.S. and 60% for isoniazid measured by objective pharmacological tests. Suggestions are made for a change from the established out-patient approach, to intermittent high dose chemotherapy administered by health workers in the community.Keywords
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