XU Jiawei, et al. Qualitative study about how to improve treatment adherence of patients with Tuberculosis. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University (9):977-979(2007)
XU Jiawei, et al. Qualitative study about how to improve treatment adherence of patients with Tuberculosis. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University (9):977-979(2007)DOI:
Qualitative study about how to improve treatment adherence of patients with Tuberculosis
Objective:To evaluate the effect to treatment adherence of defaulter action implement for patients with Tuberculosis in Chongqing and explore a proper cure management system to timely find out the TB patients who stop picking medicine on time;Methods:Carrying out intervention method to TB patients with positive sputum in intervention counties
then using qualitative study to analysis the effect of implementing the intervention;Results:After the intervention
the adherence of TB patients is obviously improved;Conclusion:Proposed method is a effective and feasible management to the TB patients who stop picking medicine during anti-TB treatment
which bring positive effect on TB patients’ adherence and TB cure rate.