ArticleOpen access Macedonian journal of medical sciences2018
Evaluation of the Directly Observed Treatment's Acceptance by Tuberculosis Patients in the Republic of Macedonia.
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backgroundDirectly observed therapy (DOT) is a specific strategy endorsed by the World Health Organization in 1994 to improve adherence by requiring health workers, community volunteers or family members to observe and record tuberculosis (TB) patients for taking each dose. The implementation of DOT strategy in the National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) in Macedonia was introduced in 2006 and was realised by 6 nurses engaged through the Project of Global Fund against HIV/AID and TB.
aimThis study aimed to evaluate how these visits conducted by the DOT nurses engaged through the GF were accepted by TB patients and to evaluate the impact on the treatment outcomes. PATIENTS AND
methodsIn this prospective study 105 TB patients who started treatment in 2016 and who were supposed to be visited by DOT nurses at their homes were included. All of these patients filled out a questionnaire compiled of 6 questions related to their opinion about the efficacy and usefulness of the visits managed by the nurses when they would come for check-ups at the Institute for Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis. The assessment of the efficacy of the work of DOT nurses was performed by analysis of the answers received by TB patients. The data were analysed with the method of description and was statistically prepared in the program SPSS for Windows, 17.0.
resultsThe results from the analyses showed that the number of visited patients were not satisfied, because 29.52%% were never visited by a DOT nurse at their homes. A lot of patients (61.91%) were not willing to take medicines under the observed control by nurses. Those TB patients who were visited by DOT nurses thought that this type of visit is useful for them: they were satisfied by the attitude of the nurses during the visits, and they received enough explanations regarding TB.
conclusionWe can conclude that the DOT visits to TB patients are useful, contribute patients to complete the therapeutic regime without interruption, take care for every individual patient effectively, and protect the rest of society by preventing the development and spread of TB, including drug-resistant strains.
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