Understanding barriers to tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment completion in a low-resource setting: A mixed-methods study in the Kingdom of Lesotho.
Afom T AndomHannah N GilbertMelino NdayizigiyeJoia S MukherjeeChristina Thompson LivelyJonase NthunyaTholoana A MaroleMakena RatsiuMary C Smith FawziCourtney M YuenPublished in: PloS one (2023)
Tuberculosis diagnosis could be improved through the effective decentralization of laboratory services at the health facility level, and treatment completion could be improved by providing food and other forms of social support to patients.
Keyphrases
- social support
- healthcare
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- depressive symptoms
- end stage renal disease
- mental health
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- public health
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- patient reported outcomes
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- hepatitis c virus
- human health
- risk assessment
- climate change
- health promotion
- replacement therapy
- patient reported
- health insurance
- affordable care act