SUPERVISED AND SELF-ADMINISTERED TREATMENTS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE PROPORTIONS OF HEALING, ABANDONMENT AND DEATH BY TUBERCULOSIS IN JOÃO PESSOA, PB

Authors

  • Rosilene Alves de Almeida
  • Anna Luiza Castro Gomes
  • Gutenberg Alves Pequeno
  • Ana Tereza Medeiros Cavalcanti da Silva
  • Ulisses Umbelino dos Anjos
  • Rosangela Alves Almeida Bastos
  • Francisca das Chagas Alves de Almeida

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the proportions of healing, abandonment and death by tuberculosis in João Pessoa, PB, and to compare these rates according to the type of treatment instituted: supervised or self-administered. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study with quantitative data retrieved from the Information System for Notifiable Diseases in the period 2007-2009. The sample consisted of 786 cases undergoing one of the two treatment modalities (supervised and self-administered). These data were compared regarding the rates of healing, abandonment and death by tuberculosis. The Hypothesis Test for Equality of Proportions was carried out on the R console version 2.10.1, with a significance level of 5%. This research followed ethical requirements and was approved by the Research Ethics Committee at the Lauro Wanderley University Hospital, Federal University of Paraíba, under protocol n. 033/10. Results: The proportions of healing decreased and those of abandonment and death by tuberculosis increased. Most patients underwent self-administrated treatment (64.7%). Although there were better proportions of healing, abandonment and death for the patients undergoing selfadministered treatment, these differences were not significant (p-value>0.05), resulting in rates statistically equivalents. Conclusions: It is necessary to intensify the actions targeting the consolidation of the supervised treatment as a strategy to increase healing rates and decrease abandonment and death cases by tuberculosis. DESCRIPTORS; Public Health. Tuberculosis. Comparative Study.

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2013-05-20

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Almeida, R. A. de, Gomes, A. L. C., Pequeno, G. A., Silva, A. T. M. C. da, Anjos, U. U. dos, Bastos, R. A. A., & Almeida, F. das C. A. de. (2013). SUPERVISED AND SELF-ADMINISTERED TREATMENTS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE PROPORTIONS OF HEALING, ABANDONMENT AND DEATH BY TUBERCULOSIS IN JOÃO PESSOA, PB. Revista Brasileira De Ciências Da Saúde, 16(4), 497–506. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/rbcs/article/view/12881

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