Background: We aimed to evaluate that defaulting from tuberculosis (TB) treatment rates and patient characteristics in our dispensary in 10 years period.
Methods: The files of patients with treatment after default between 1997 and 2006 were retrospectively analysed. Statistical analyses were made using SPSS package programme.
Results: Between 1997 and 2006 a total of 3142 patients undergoing treatment, 67 (2.13%) had defaulting from treatment. Treatment after default rates with respect to years were 3.2% in 1997, 2.8% in 1998, 3.0% in 1999, 3.0% in 2000, 2.9% in 2001, 3.4% in 2002, 1.4% in 2003, 1.0% in 2004, 0.5% in 2005 and 1.3% in 2006. The mean period for treatment after default was 2.4±1.6 months. When patients were grouped into two with respect to treatment periods (1997-2001 and 2002-2006); age, gender, marrital status, education status, the number of household contacts, the mean treatment after default months, the type of the disease, demonstrated no statistically significant difference.
Conclusion: It was found out that treatment after default rates in our dispensary in 10 years period is less than 5% which is targetted by World Health Organization (WHO). No differences about social and clinical characteristics of cases were detected.
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Bölüm | Articles |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 29 Nisan 2014 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2014 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 1 |