Reasons of TB Treatment Non Compliance

Khawaja Ijaz Awais; M. Arslan Rasheed; Zoha Ejaz; Taj Jamshaid; Saim; Ahmad Latif

doi:10.51273/esc23.2519217

Authors

Khawaja Ijaz Awais Sharif medical city hospital lahore
M. Arslan Rasheed
Zoha Ejaz
Taj Jamshaid
Saim
Ahmad Latif

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51273/esc23.2519217

Keywords:

Tuberculosis, Drug resistance, Patient education, infectious disease, Respiratory infections.

Abstract

Abstract

Objective: To assess the prevalence and reasons of non compliance to treatment of tuberculosis among the
patients of Sharif medical city Hospital Lahore.

Material and Methods: 150 patients of tuberculosis were taken as a sample based upon non-probability convenient
sampling. The data was collected by the investigators themselves with the use of semi-structured
questionnaire that was finalized after pre-testing.

Results: The data was analysed by putting into IBM statistics SPSS software. All the respondents(100%)
have already heard about tuberculosis. The pooled prevalence of non compliance to TB is 44.4%.

Conclusion: Overall level of knowledge about tuberculosis and its practices among the patients of
tuberculosis attending Sharif medical city hospital Lahore was found satisfactory (40%). The majority of
respondents are not taking medicine because of side effects of drugs (41.3%), fear of drugs (40%), long
duration of TB treatment (62.7%) and TB clinic is far from home (66.7%).

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