%0 Journal Article
%T Risk factors to non-compliance with TB treatment.
%A Flor de Mar¨ªa C¨¢ceres
%J MedUNAB
%D 2004
%I Universidad Aut¨®noma de Bucaramanga
%X Tuberculosis (TB),at present declared as a world emergency, faces a very importantobstacle for their control which is the abandonment of treatment. It¡äsalso called ¡°no compliance¡±, no adherence, or, simply, the ¡°patientmisses his medication¡±. This has a serious consequences as forthe sick person,as wells as for the community, because the patientis not treated and the transmission chain continues; in addition,the bacteria may develops resistance to current medications. Thiswill Increases treatment costs, as well as, patient morbidity andmortality. The abandonment rates in the world are reported, being,among 0 to 85%. For 1995, WHO reported a general proportion ofabandonment for the Americas, being of 6%;. In Colombia, we have aregistered 24% of abandonment between the years of 1982 to 1983and 10% among 1988 to 1989. These rates are above the WHO¡äsexpectations which are less than 5%. The abandonment associatedwith high incidence becomes a problem for public health of such asbig dimensions. In this article we discuss the epidemiology of noncompliance, the risk factors related with the patient, the patient¡¯streatment, the social environment and the health services.
%K Tuberculosis
%K non compliance
%K non adherence
%K risk factors
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