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Follow-up examinations: are multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Uttar Pradesh, India, on track?

Tripathi U, Nagaraja SB, Tripathy JP, Sahu S, Parmar M, Rade K, Bhatnagar S, Ranjan A, Sachdeva KS
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Follow-up examinations: are multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Uttar Pradesh, India, on track? | Journal Article / Research | MSF Science Portal
Abstract
SETTING
All multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients who had completed 6 months of treatment under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) in Uttar Pradesh, the largest state in northern India.

OBJECTIVE
To determine the proportion of MDR-TB patients with regular follow-up examinations, and underlying provider and patient perspectives of follow-up services.

METHODS
A retrospective cohort study was undertaken involving record reviews of 64 eligible MDR-TB patients registered during April-June 2013 in 11 districts of the state. Patients and programme personnel from the selected districts were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire.

RESULTS
A total of 34 (53.1%) patients underwent follow-up sputum culture at month 3, 43 (67.2%) at month 4, 36 (56.3%) at month 5 and 37 (57.8%) at month 6. Themes associated with irregular follow-up that emerged from the interviews were multiple visits, long travel distances, shortages of equipment at the facility and lack of knowledge among patients regarding the follow-up schedule.

CONCLUSION
The majority of the MDR-TB patients had irregular follow-up visits. Provider-related factors outweigh patient-related factors on the poor follow-up examinations. The programme should focus on the decentralisation of follow-up services and ensure logistics and patient-centred counselling to improve the regularisation of follow up.

Countries

India

Subject Area

antibiotic resistancetuberculosisSORT-ITantimicrobial resistance

Languages

English
DOI
10.5588/pha.14.0095
Published Date
21 Mar 2015
PubMed ID
26400602
Journal
Public Health Action
Volume | Issue | Pages
Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages 59-64
Issue Date
2015-03-21
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