Factors contributing to non-adherence to anti-TB medication among TB patients at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Ishaka-Bushenyi
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2019-01
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Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences
Abstract
Tuberculosis is still a major global health burden with Sub-Saharan Africa being worst hit. Non-compliance to treatment, contributed upon by so many factors, have increased the danger of development of TB strains that are resistant to treatment. Development of drug resistance puts into jeopardy the global efforts of eradicating TB from the face of the earth. With the increase in treatment defaulters, and the risk of MDR-and XDR-TB, the study aimed to look into the factors contributing to this non-adherence to treatment among Tb patients at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital (KIUTH). A descriptive questionnaire-based cross-sectional study design was used that involved 178 defaulters to TB treatment obtained from a total of 542 thus giving a default rate of 32.84%. Factors contributing to treatment defaulting were drug side effects, long duration of treatment, low socio-economic status with rural residence and lack of formal education, alcoholism and HIV-coinfection
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery of Kampala International University
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Non-adherence to anti-TB medication, Tuberculosis, Kampala International University Teaching Hospital (KIUTH), Bushenyi district