Comparative evaluation of a modified directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS) with standard WHO strategy.
| dc.contributor.author | Tissera, W.A. A | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-12-13T09:35:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-12-13T09:35:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This is a prospective, analytical intervention study carried out at the Colombo Chest Clinic with, New, sputum positive, pulmonary tuberculosis patients. The study was conducted over a period of one year commencing from May 2003. The standard Institutional-based Directly Observed Treatment (Dot) strategy was compared with a directly observed home-based strategy with a familymember serving as the DOT supervisor using a randomly selected sample of 17 patients in each group. This study demontrated that a home-based Directly Observed Treatment Strategy supervised by a family member proved to be better in improving compliance than the current health worker administered DOTS. The majority of treatment supervisors were either spouses of the patients | |
| dc.identifier.citation | MD ( Medical Administration) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://archive.cmb.ac.lk/handle/70130/1434 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.title | Comparative evaluation of a modified directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS) with standard WHO strategy. | en_US |
| dc.type | Research abstract | en_US |