Household Contact Tuberculosis Screening Adherence and Associated Factors Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients on Follow-Up at Health Facilities in Shashamane Town, Southeast Ethiopia.
Adisu NagaRobdu Furi GiloAshetu FikaduNegash Fetene WorkuTadese Teshome KeneaDinka Kebede DibisaYonas Adisu DagafaLamessa DubePublished in: Patient preference and adherence (2023)
HHCS adherence in our study was sub-optimal referenced to WHO and national recommendations that all household contact should be screened. Having age less than fifteen years contact, education status, knowledge, attitude, receiving health education and type of pulmonary tuberculosis were factors associated with adherence. We recommend increasing community awareness of TB, providing health education TB patients and their families, strengthening positive attitudes toward HHC screening and strengthening the commitment of health professionals to screen for HHCs.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- healthcare
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- end stage renal disease
- public health
- mental health
- ejection fraction
- quality improvement
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- emergency department
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- adipose tissue
- social media
- metabolic syndrome
- risk assessment
- patient reported
- hiv infected
- weight loss
- climate change