Factors influencing completion of treatment among pulmonary tuberculosis patients
作者单位：安徽省结核病防治研究所
会议名称：《安徽省2019年度流行病与卫生统计学学术年会》
会议日期：2019年
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学]
摘 要：Objective:This study aimed to understand the influencing factors of treatment completion among pulmonary tuberculosis(PTB) patients in Anhui province,eastern People’s Republic of China,in order to provide scientific evidence for improving the follow-up rate and treatment completion ***:A total of 262 PTB patients in six counties(districts) of Anhui province were investigated by questionnaire,and data about treatment interruption were ***:The main causes of treatment interruption were forgetting to take medicine(24.5%),drug side effects(23.3%),and symptomatic improvement(19.5%).The education background,patient type,cause of interruption,and tracking method were factors influencing completion of treatment(all P0.05).The education level was positively associated with the treatment completion *** smear-positive patients had a significantly higher completion rate than *** patients interrupted by drug side effects had the highest risk of *** terms of the tracking method,the completion rate of patients tracked by the rural medical staff was significantly ***:The management of PTB patients by medication supervision should be strengthened,especially for those with low education level and who had drug side effects,in order to improve their treatment completion rate.