Psychological distress and its relationship with non-adherence to TB treatment: a multicentre study

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dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-14 en
dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-28T18:28:54Z
dc.date.available 2024-11-28T18:28:54Z
dc.date.issued 2015-08-25 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/1894
dc.description.abstract The successful cure of tuberculosis (TB) is dependent on adherence to treatment. Various factors influence adherence, however, few are easily modifiable. There are limited data regarding correlates of psychological distress and their association with non-adherence to anti-TB treatment. In a trial of a new TB test, the authors measured psychological distress (K-10 score), TB-related health literacy, and morbidity (TBscore), prior to diagnosis in 1502 patients with symptoms of pulmonary TB recruited from clinics in Cape Town (n = 419), Harare (n = 400), Lusaka (n = 400), Durban (n = 200), and Mbeya (n = 83). Socioeconomic, demographic, and alcohol usage-related data were captured. Severe psychological distress is frequent amongst TB patients in Southern Africa. Targeted interventions to alleviate psychological distress, alcohol use, and improve health literacy in newly-diagnosed TB patients could reduce non-adherence to treatment. en
dc.format.medium Print en
dc.publisher Biomed Central en
dc.subject TUBERCULOSIS en
dc.subject PSYCHOLOGY en
dc.title Psychological distress and its relationship with non-adherence to TB treatment: a multicentre study en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.description.version Y en
dc.ProjectNumber N/A en
dc.Volume 15 en
dc.BudgetYear 2015/16 en
dc.ResearchGroup Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation en
dc.SourceTitle BMC Infectious Diseases en
dc.PlaceOfPublication London, United Kingdom en
dc.ArchiveNumber 8719 en
dc.PageNumber Online en
dc.outputnumber 7449 en
dc.bibliographictitle Theron, G., Peter, J., Zijenah, L., Chanda, D., Mangu, C., Clowes, P., Rachow, A., Lesosky, M., Hoelscher, M., Pym, A., Mwaba, P., Mason, P., Naidoo, P., Pooran, A., Sohn, H., Pai, M., Stein, D.J. & Dheda, K. (2015) Psychological distress and its relationship with non-adherence to TB treatment: a multicentre study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 15:Online. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/1894 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/1894 en
dc.publicationyear 2015 en
dc.contributor.author1 Theron, G. en
dc.contributor.author2 Peter, J. en
dc.contributor.author3 Zijenah, L. en
dc.contributor.author4 Chanda, D. en
dc.contributor.author5 Mangu, C. en
dc.contributor.author6 Clowes, P. en
dc.contributor.author7 Rachow, A. en
dc.contributor.author8 Lesosky, M. en
dc.contributor.author9 Hoelscher, M. en
dc.contributor.author10 Pym, A. en
dc.contributor.author11 Mwaba, P. en
dc.contributor.author12 Mason, P. en
dc.contributor.author13 Naidoo, P. en
dc.contributor.author14 Pooran, A. en
dc.contributor.author15 Sohn, H. en
dc.contributor.author16 Pai, M. en
dc.contributor.author17 Stein, D.J. en
dc.contributor.author18 Dheda, K. en


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