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标题：Household members and health care workers as supervisors of tuberculosis treatment
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作者：Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel ; Leticia Molino Guidoni ; Ana Paula Brioshi 等
期刊名称：Revista de Saúde Pública
印刷版ISSN：0034-8910
出版年度：2010
卷号：44
期号：2
页码：339-343
语种：English
出版社：Universidade de São Paulo
摘要：OBJECTIVE: To compare tuberculosis cure rates among patients supervised by household members or health care workers. METHODS: Prospective cohort study of 171 patients treated by the program in Vitoria, Southeastern Brazil, from 2004 to 2007. Each patient was followed- up for six months until the end of the treatment. Of the patients studied, a household member supervised 59 patients and healthcare workers supervised 112 patients. Patients’ sociodemographic and clinic data were analyzed. Differences between groups were assessed using chi-square test or Student’s t-test. Significance level was set at 5%. RESULTS: Most patients had smear positive, culture confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis. Two patients were HIV-positive. There were more illiterate patients in the healthcare-supervised group, in comparison to those supervised by their families (p=0.01). All patients supervised by a household member were cured compared to 90% of the patients supervised by health care workers (p = 0.024). CONCLUSIONS: Successful tuberculosis treatment was more frequent when supervised by household members.
其他摘要：OBJECTIVE: To compare tuberculosis cure rates among patients supervised by household members or health care workers. METHODS: Prospective cohort study of 171 patients treated by the program in Vitoria, Southeastern Brazil, from 2004 to 2007. Each patient was followed- up for six months until the end of the treatment. Of the patients studied, a household member supervised 59 patients and healthcare workers supervised 112 patients. Patients’ sociodemographic and clinic data were analyzed. Differences between groups were assessed using chi-square test or Student’s t-test. Significance level was set at 5%. RESULTS: Most patients had smear positive, culture confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis. Two patients were HIV-positive. There were more illiterate patients in the healthcare-supervised group, in comparison to those supervised by their families (p=0.01). All patients supervised by a household member were cured compared to 90% of the patients supervised by health care workers (p = 0.024). CONCLUSIONS: Successful tuberculosis treatment was more frequent when supervised by household members.
关键词：Tuberculosis; nursing; Homebound Persons; Family Nursing; Caregivers; Home Nursing; Medication Therapy Management; Treatment Outcome; Cohort Studies.
其他关键词：Tuberculosis; nursing; Homebound Persons; Family Nursing; Caregivers; Home Nursing; Medication Therapy Management; Treatment Outcome; Cohort Studies.