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Infectious Diseases 2018 Journal of Prevention and Infection Control
ISSN: 2471-9668 Page 57
June 07-08, 2018
London, UK
8th Edition of International Conference on
Infectious Diseases
Statement of the Problem: The adherence to tuberculosis
treatment is the extent to which a patient’s medication taking
coincides with the prescribed treatment. The sum of cured
patients and those who have completed treatment (directly
observed therapy strategy, DOTS) are pragmatic indicators of
the adherence. The patients who do not complete treatment
correspond to non-adherents. In tuberculosis, the problem is
especially important because the risk does not cure the disease,
the chain of Mycobacterium transmission and the development
of multiresistance will be maintained. In this study, the factors
related to non-adherence to the treatment of patients with TB in a
department of Colombia (SA) are determined.
Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: A cross-sectional study
of 174 patient records of the tuberculosis control program and
15 semi-structured interviews to non-adherent patients during
the period between June 2012, and June 2013. The relationship
between anti-tuberculosis treatment adherence and socio-
demographic, economic, clinical, and drug-related objective and
subjective factors in patients over 18 years of age a descriptive,
was determined.
Findings: Among the causes of non-adherence were established
objective and subjective causes. There was a statistically
significant relationship between non-adherence tomanifestations
related to drug intolerance, namely vomiting (p=0.069), dizziness
(p=0.040), vertigo (0.008), hearing loss (p=0.006) and tinnitus
(p=0.002). Among all causes of non-adherence to treatment,
gastric drug intolerance was the main 40% (6/15 patients).
Regarding the subjective factors identified in non-adherence, it
was found that from the moment the patient was diagnosed with
this disease, he was implicated in an important social burden,
both in family and work spaces.
Conclusion & Significance: The low and distorted knowledge
about the disease and its treatment, as well as the discomfort and
sometimes aggravated by poorly attended health personnel, also
contributed to a negative attitude towards treatment.
Factors related to treatment adherence in patients with
tuberculosis in Pereira, Colombia, 2012-2013
Dora Cardona Rivas and Magally Dueñes Gómez
Universidad Autónoma de Manizales, Colombia
J Prev Infect Cntrol 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-8084-C1-003