Performance in the establishment of a bond in the services ofattention to tuberculosis

• Autor(a) principal: Figueiredo, Tânia Maria Ribeiro Monteiro de
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Pinto, Mayrla Lima, Cardoso, Maria Aparecida Alves, Silva, Valkênia Alves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Rev Rene (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4417
• topic: Tuberculosis; Pulmonary; Effectiveness; Health Services; Professional-Patient Relations.

The objective of this work was to investigate the performance in establishing the link between the professional and the tuberculosis patients treated in health services in Campina Grande/PB/Brazil. It is a descriptive and cross-sectional study, of quantitative approach. The study population consisted of 79 patients. For data collection, it was used an instrument that is a component of the Primary Care Assessment Tool. The data analysis was performed using the Program SPSS 13.0. 43,04% of the respondents were treated in the Reference Clinic and 56,96% in the Basic Unit of Family Health. The study subjects followed the same pattern: male in a productive age with low education. Regarding the creation of the bond, the two services had favorable performances. The study revealed satisfactory performance regarding the effectiveness of professional-patient relationship in both services that develop actions for the tuberculosis control.