Risk factors associated with default among new smear positive TB patients treated under DOTS in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor treatment adherence leading to risk of drug resistance, treatment failure, relapse, death and persistent infectiousness remains an impediment to the tuberculosis control programmes. The objective of the study was to identify predictors of default among new smear positive TB patients registered for treatment to suggest possible interventions to set right the problems to sustain and enhance the programme performance.

Methodology and principal findings

Twenty districts selected from six states were assigned to six strata formed, considering the geographic, socio-cultural and demographic setup of the area. New smear positive patients registered for treatment in two consecutive quarters during III quarter 2004 to III quarter 2005 formed the retrospective study coh

SUBMITTER: Vijay S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2850369 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature