High non-compliance rate with anti-tuberculosis treatment: a need to shift facility-based directly observed therapy short course (DOTS) to community mobile outreach team supervision in Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah Jaber AlSahafiSyed Hassan Bin Usman ShahMashal Mesfer AlSayaliNajlaa MandouraMohammed AssiriEmad Lafi AlmohammadiAlaa KhalawiAbdullah AlGarniMaimona Kamal FilembanAdel Khaled AlOtaibeAbdulaziz W A AlFaifiFatima AlGarniPublished in: BMC public health (2019)
Our study indicated that treatment by means of our mobile outreach DOTS can offer an effective strategy for the treatment of TB patients. A reduced patient default rate and a better understanding of the disease and its treatment confirmed a positive impact of mobile outreach teams on these patients. Treating TB patients by means of mobile outreach teams can thus be recommended as a means for the cure and prevention of the further spread of the disease.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- prognostic factors
- healthcare
- stem cells
- emergency department
- mental health
- hepatitis c virus
- functional connectivity
- quality improvement
- hiv aids
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- electronic health record
- resting state
- adverse drug
- tandem mass spectrometry