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Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence of Patients in Kosovo

SETTING: The poor patient adherence in tuberculosis (TB) treatment is considered to be one of the most serious challenges which reflect the decrease of treatment success and emerging of the Multidrug Resistance-TB (MDR-TB). To our knowledge, the data about patients' adherence to anti-TB treatme...

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Autores principales: Krasniqi, Shaip, Jakupi, Arianit, Daci, Armond, Tigani, Bahri, Jupolli-Krasniqi, Nora, Pira, Mimoza, Zhjeqi, Valbona, Neziri, Burim
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5694566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29230326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4850324
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author Krasniqi, Shaip
Jakupi, Arianit
Daci, Armond
Tigani, Bahri
Jupolli-Krasniqi, Nora
Pira, Mimoza
Zhjeqi, Valbona
Neziri, Burim
author_facet Krasniqi, Shaip
Jakupi, Arianit
Daci, Armond
Tigani, Bahri
Jupolli-Krasniqi, Nora
Pira, Mimoza
Zhjeqi, Valbona
Neziri, Burim
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description SETTING: The poor patient adherence in tuberculosis (TB) treatment is considered to be one of the most serious challenges which reflect the decrease of treatment success and emerging of the Multidrug Resistance-TB (MDR-TB). To our knowledge, the data about patients' adherence to anti-TB treatment in our country are missing. OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed to investigate the anti-TB treatment adherence rate and to identify factors related to eventual nonadherence among Kosovo TB patients. DESIGN: This study was conducted during 12 months, and the survey was a descriptive study using the standardized questionnaires with total 324 patients. RESULTS: The overall nonadherence for TB patient cohort was 14.5%, 95% CI (0.109–0.188). Age and place of residence are shown to have an effect on treatment adherence. Moreover, the knowledge of the treatment prognosis, daily dosage, side effects, and length of treatment also play a role. This was also reflected in knowledge regarding compliance with regular administration of TB drugs, satisfaction with the treatment, interruption of TB therapy, and the professional monitoring in the administration of TB drugs. CONCLUSION: The level of nonadherence TB treatment in Kosovar patients is not satisfying, and more health care worker's commitments need to be addressed for improvement.
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spelling pubmed-56945662017-12-11 Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence of Patients in Kosovo Krasniqi, Shaip Jakupi, Arianit Daci, Armond Tigani, Bahri Jupolli-Krasniqi, Nora Pira, Mimoza Zhjeqi, Valbona Neziri, Burim Tuberc Res Treat Research Article SETTING: The poor patient adherence in tuberculosis (TB) treatment is considered to be one of the most serious challenges which reflect the decrease of treatment success and emerging of the Multidrug Resistance-TB (MDR-TB). To our knowledge, the data about patients' adherence to anti-TB treatment in our country are missing. OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed to investigate the anti-TB treatment adherence rate and to identify factors related to eventual nonadherence among Kosovo TB patients. DESIGN: This study was conducted during 12 months, and the survey was a descriptive study using the standardized questionnaires with total 324 patients. RESULTS: The overall nonadherence for TB patient cohort was 14.5%, 95% CI (0.109–0.188). Age and place of residence are shown to have an effect on treatment adherence. Moreover, the knowledge of the treatment prognosis, daily dosage, side effects, and length of treatment also play a role. This was also reflected in knowledge regarding compliance with regular administration of TB drugs, satisfaction with the treatment, interruption of TB therapy, and the professional monitoring in the administration of TB drugs. CONCLUSION: The level of nonadherence TB treatment in Kosovar patients is not satisfying, and more health care worker's commitments need to be addressed for improvement. Hindawi 2017 2017-11-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5694566/ /pubmed/29230326 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4850324 Text en Copyright © 2017 Shaip Krasniqi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Krasniqi, Shaip
Jakupi, Arianit
Daci, Armond
Tigani, Bahri
Jupolli-Krasniqi, Nora
Pira, Mimoza
Zhjeqi, Valbona
Neziri, Burim
Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence of Patients in Kosovo
title Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence of Patients in Kosovo
title_full Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence of Patients in Kosovo
title_fullStr Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence of Patients in Kosovo
title_full_unstemmed Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence of Patients in Kosovo
title_short Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence of Patients in Kosovo
title_sort tuberculosis treatment adherence of patients in kosovo
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5694566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29230326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4850324
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