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    Strategies for reducing treatment default in drug-resistant tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis [Review article].

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    Toczek, A
    Cox, H
    Cros, P du
    Cooke, G
    Ford, N
    Issue Date
    2012-12-04
    
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    International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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    BACKGROUND: Scaling up treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is a global health priority. However, current treatment regimens are long and associated with side effects, and default rates are consequently high. This systematic review aimed to identify strategies for reducing treatment default.METHODS: We conducted a systematic search up to May 2012 to identify studies describing interventions to support patients receiving treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The potential influence of study interventions were explored through subgroup analyses.RESULTS: A total of 75 studies provided outcomes for 18 294 patients across 31 countries. Default rates ranged from 0.5% to 56%, with a pooled proportion of 14.8% (95%CI 12.4-17.4). Strategies identified to be associated with lower default rates included the engagement of community health workers as directly observed treatment (DOT) providers, the provision of DOT throughout treatment, smaller cohort sizes and the provision of patient education.CONCLUSION: Current interventions to support adherence and retention are poorly described and based on weak evidence. This review was able to identify a number of promising, inexpensive interventions feasible for implementation and scale-up in MDR-TB programmes. The high default rates reported from many programmes underscore the pressing need to further refine and evaluate simple intervention packages to support patients.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10144/264593
    DOI
    10.5588/ijtld.12.0537
    PubMed ID
    23211716
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1815-7920
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.5588/ijtld.12.0537
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