"Life continues": Patient, health care and community care workers perspectives on self-administered treatment for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Khayelitsha, South Africa.
Erika Mohr-HollandLeigh SnymanZodwa MbakazJudy CaldwellVirginia DeAzevedoYulene KockLaura Trivino DuranEmilie VenablesPublished in: PloS one (2018)
The SAT pilot programme was acceptable from the perspective of patients, HCWs and CCWs and should be considered as a differentiated model of care for RR-TB, particularly in settings with high burdens of HIV, in order to ease management of treatment for patients and health-care providers.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- south africa
- chronic kidney disease
- palliative care
- peritoneal dialysis
- hiv positive
- prognostic factors
- mental health
- emergency department
- clinical trial
- patient reported outcomes
- hiv aids
- hepatitis c virus
- study protocol
- quality improvement
- replacement therapy
- chronic pain
- electronic health record
- adverse drug
- patient reported