Patients' perspectives of tuberculosis treatment challenges and barriers to treatment adherence in Ukraine: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To understand the challenges faced by patients with tuberculosis (TB) and factors that influence TB treatment adherence in Ukraine.

Design

Qualitative study.

Setting

TB treatment facilities in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Participants

Sixty adults who had undergone treatment for drug-sensitive TB between June 2012 and August 2015.

Methods

We conducted semistructured, in-depth, individual interviews among a purposively selected clinical sample of patients previously treated for drug-sensitive TB. Interview content encompassed WHO's framework for barriers to adherence to long-term therapies and included questions about patient preferences and motivators concerning treatment adherence. We examined treatment experience across strata defined by previously

SUBMITTER: Aibana O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044979 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature