Factors associated with tuberculosis treatment default and completion at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Ghana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 827-832

  Dodor, Emmanuel Atsu ^a   Afenyadu, Godwin Yao ^b  

^a Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital   (Ghana)

^b GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Defaulter; Ghana; Treatment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; THIOACETAZONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 24344470066     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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