Adherence is associated with the quality of professional-patient interaction in Directly Observed Treatment Short-course, DOTS

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 29-37

  Mishra, Pranaya ^a,b   Hansen, Ebba Holme ^a   Sabroe, Svend ^c   Kafle, Kumud Kumar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Adherence; DOTS; Nepal; Professional patient interactions; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEPAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33748450130     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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