Adherence to self-administered tuberculosis treatment in a high HIV-prevalence setting: a cross-sectional survey in Homa Bay, Kenya.
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Nackers, FHuerga, H
Espié, E
Aloo, A O
Bastard, M
Etard, J-F
Sitienei, J
Varaine, F
Chakaya, J
Bonnet, M
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Epicentre, Paris, France. Fabienne.Nackers@msf.brussels.orgIssue Date
2012-03-12
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Good adherence to treatment is crucial to control tuberculosis (TB). Efficiency and feasibility of directly observed therapy (DOT) under routine program conditions have been questioned. As an alternative, Médecins sans Frontières introduced self-administered therapy (SAT) in several TB programs. We aimed to measure adherence to TB treatment among patients receiving TB chemotherapy with fixed dose combination (FDC) under SAT at the Homa Bay district hospital (Kenya). A second objective was to compare the adherence agreement between different assessment tools.PubMed ID
22427820Language
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1932-6203ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1371/journal.pone.0032140
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