| Title |
Predictors of tuberculosis (TB) and antiretroviral (ARV) medication non-adherence in public primary care patients in South Africa: a cross sectional study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, April 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-396 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Pamela Naidoo, Karl Peltzer, Julia Louw, Gladys Matseke, Gugu Mchunu, Bomkazi Tutshana |
| Abstract |
Despite the downward trend in the absolute number of tuberculosis (TB) cases since 2006 and the fall in the incidence rates since 2001, the burden of disease caused by TB remains a global health challenge. The co-infection between TB and HIV adds to this disease burden. TB is completely curable through the intake of a strict anti-TB drug treatment regimen which requires an extremely high and consistent level of adherence.The aim of this study was to investigate factors associated with adherence to anti-TB and HIV treatment drugs. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | 8% |
| South Africa | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 8 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 11 | 92% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 389 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 78 | 20% |
| Researcher | 58 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 44 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 41 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 31 | 8% |
| Other | 71 | 18% |
| Unknown | 74 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 122 | 31% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 57 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 37 | 9% |
| Psychology | 19 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 13 | 3% |
| Other | 58 | 15% |
| Unknown | 91 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
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#4,390,362
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#4,784
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#37,509
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#66
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