Terapeútica con tuberculostáticos: cumplimiento en un hospital general

Abstract

lite purpose oíthis stud\ vas tu assess the complianccwitlt tuberculostatic drugs Ireatment ¡u a pimhlic hospital [rom Córdoba City aud tu estahi ish the causes of noncont p lance. AH the patients lo xvii ich lrcatmcnt vith tubercu lostatic cirugs \vas indicated roni .lanuarv 1 99 1 np lo December 1994 \vcre includecl. 45 palienls were imtclucled: 1 8 lmales (40%) and 29 males.
Sixteen (35.69/o) did not complete the tinte ol treatment indicatecl. N inc (56.3%) abandoned the treatment 2 ntonthsatter havine initiated it. In de group that did not complete tIte trealnient there 'vas a It igher percentage of flntalc patieiltS (62.5%) than ¡u lite group that did complete it (27.6%). p 0.02. Ihere ''ere not statisticallv signi l'icant di lerences ¡u age. percentages ol pulntonar aud extiaptilmuonar tuberculosis ancl monlhs oftrcatment md icatecl beteen 1)1)111 gronps. lh rtv-six percent otthe pat ¡en t s w tu aba ndor cd thc Ireatmen t re te rred having interrupted it doe lo their O\Vli neglieencv. Lnovingthe risl ofsuch heltavior 36f suffered side ef'fects and did not come backtohospital:2 1 °-referred havinuconsulted another physician skho md icateci lo intcrrupt the treatnient svithaut perliirmn ¡ng othcr rests aud 7% mtiisunderstood de indications. It is
conc luded that in a general hospital from Córdoba City. ihe percentage uI palients vho abancloned tubereu lostatic lreatment is It iglt In ntusl cases the cause vas relaleci tu Oiiitmres ni tite condnct ot patients. phvsicians or hoth.