O ABANDONO DO TRATAMENTO DA TUBERCULOSE EM UNIDADES DE SAÚDE DO MUNICÍPIO DE SÃO LUÍS - MA.

• Autor(a) principal: LIMA, Maria Oneide Almeida
• Data de Publicação: 2004
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFMA
• Texto Completo: https://tedebc.ufma.br/jspui/handle/tede/tede/2296
• topic: Tuberculose; Tratamento; Abandono; Tuberculosis; Treatment; Abandon; Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias.

At this work, tuberculosis treatment abandonment at health posts in São Luís in 2001 is discussed. Clinical, epidemiological, social and economical profile from Tuberculosis Control Program and their point of view about the reasons they had to quit treatment is pointed out . Details concerning to such situation and the main factors that have contributed to treatment abandon are characterized. It is a descriptive and transvers e study which the sample was constituted of 50 patients included on tuberculosis treat ment control and registry book which discharge occurred because of treatment abandon. It was excluded from the sample 5 (10%) patients that have died. This fact was observed during an active search. The main results observed were: good feeling (healing) 17 (37,7%), reactions from medication ingestion 10 (22%), no succeed in consultation marking or getting a medication 2 (4,6%), patient discharge noted on medical charge different from the registration o n PCT book 4 (8,8%), patients reports different from the ones noted on medical charts 11 (24,4%), medical charts not found at health posts, but the transference to another county was confirmed by Aggravations Notification Information System (ANIS), according to patient report 1 (2,3%).