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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12710/2713
Title: Predictive factors associated to low tuberculosis treatment outcome: cross sectional study
Authors: Lesnic, Evelina
Niguleanu, Adriana
Ciobanu, Serghei
Todoriko, Liliya
Keywords: tuberculosis;risk factors
Issue Date: 2017
Publisher: The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova
Citation: LESNIC, Evelina, NIGULEANU, Adriana, CIOBANU, Serghei, TODORIKO, Liliya. Predictive factors associated to low tuberculosis treatment outcome: cross sectional study. In: The Moldovan Medical Journal. 2017, vol. 60, no 2, pp. 7-12. ISSN 2537-6373. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1050982
Abstract: Background: The standard treatment for new case of drug-susceptible tuberculosis according to WHO recommendations in the Republic of Moldova has been performed since 2000 and must achieve a treatment success rate of at least 85%. Actually the treatment success rate has increased due to excluding of MDR-TB patients from the general cohort. The major rate of patients with low outcome is represented by died and lost to follow-up cases (drop out). Material and methods: A retrospective selective, descriptive study targeting social, demographic, economic and epidemiological peculiarities, casemanagement, radiological aspects diagnosis and microbiological characteristics of 154 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis was performed. Results: It was established that the major risk factors for loss of follow-up were: low educational level, homelessness, history of detention, migration and delayed patient’s direct addressing the specialized hospital services. The major risk factors for death were: low educational level, homelessness and other ways of detection (detection by civic organizations, during specialized consultations in other somatic hospitals) as a result of the unemployment and lack of health insurance. Conclusions: Raising awareness among high risk patients and their families about tuberculosis, emphasizing that the diagnosis and treatment are free of charge and independent regarding their social and economical status will improve disease outcome.
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http://repository.usmf.md/handle/20.500.12710/2713
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1050982
ISSN: 2537-6373
2537-6381
Appears in Collections:The Moldovan Medical Journal, Vol. 60, No 2, April 2017

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