Tuberculous meningitis: Barriers to adherence in home treatment of children and caretaker perceptions

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 275-279

  van Elsland, Sabine L ^a,b,c   Springer, Priscilla ^c   Steenhuis, Ingrid H M ^b   van Toorn, Ronald ^c   Schoeman, Johan F ^c   Marceline van Furth, A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adherence; Health belief model; Pediatric; Qualitative; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; MORINAMIDE; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 84864931204     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmr095     Document Type: Article

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