Controle epidemiológico da tuberculose na cidade de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil: adesão ao tratamento

Abstract

This study assesses risk factors for treatment noncompliance by patients registered with the Tuberculosis Control Program who live in the urban area of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul

Poverty: socioeconomic characterization at tuberculosis

“…monthly income, it can be attested that the variable "years of schooling" was second in relevance only to "age" (13) .…”

Fatores associados ao abandono do tratamento da tuberculose pulmonar no Maranhão, Brasil, no período de 2001 a 2010

“…Nessa perspectiva, o baixo nível de escolaridade é o reflexo de um conjunto de condições socioeconômicas precárias, que aumentam a vulnerabilidade à tuberculose e estão diretamente associados à fraca adesão e resultados negativos ao tratamento 26,27,28,29 .…”

Health Interventions to Improve the Medication Efficacy in Tuberculosis Treatment

“…In developing countries such as Brazil, this rates decreased in the last years to 4,5%, but it is possible to find out in some regions values until 20,3% (Costa, Gonçalves & Menezes, 1998;Lima et al, 2001). The WHO's recommendation is that abandonment rates must be until 5%, however, it is possible to find in some countries such as Colombia abandonment rates of 65,6% (Mateus-Solarte & Carvajal-Barona, 2008).…”