Perspectives of Patients, Doctors and Medical Students at a Public University Hospital in Rio de Janeiro Regarding Tuberculosis and Therapeutic Adherence.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The World Health Organization (WHO) identifies 8.7 million new cases of tuberculosis (TB) annually around the world. The unfavorable outcomes of TB treatment prevent the achievement of the WHO's cure target.

Goal

To evaluate existing intersections in the conceptions relative to the knowledge of TB, the experience of the illness and the treatment.

Methods

Doctors, medical students and patients were selected from a public university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2011 to 2013. The data were obtained by semi-structured individual and focus group interviews, participant observation and a field journal. The inclusion of patients was interrupted due to saturation, and the inclusion of doctors and medical students stopped due to exhaustion. The theoretical back

SUBMITTER: de Andrade Eda T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4567070 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature