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The Non-compliance To Tuberculosis Treatment Among Patients Suffering Tuberculosis
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The objectives of this study include:
· To ascertain the knowledge of people about tuberculosis, its causes and its effects.
· To find the cause of patients not complying to their treatment.
· To identify the knowledge of patients based on the importance of complying to treatment.
· To identify strategies for improvement of patients’ acceptance of care and treatment of tuberculosis.
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
To The Client:
· The study will help the individual to have the knowledge on health investigation and screening in order to indicate the early signs and symptoms
· It will also help the patient to know the importance of treatment given to them.
To the family
It will help the family members to have the knowledge on the cause & prevention of tuberculosis.
To the community
This will educate people on the importance of good personal and environmental hygiene and also avoid over-crowding.
To the country
It will reduce mortality and morbidity rate in the county.
To the health worker
It will help the health care provider to have adequate knowledge on the management and treatment of the patient.
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTION
· What are the knowledge levels of people about tuberculoses disease, its cause and its effects?
· What are the causes of patients not complying to their treatment?
· What are the people’s knowledge about the importance of complying to their treatment?
· What are the strategies for improvement of patients’ acceptance of care and treatment of tuberculosis?
1.6 SCOPE OF STUDY
This study is focused on patients suffering tuberculosis in Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu, L.G.A.
OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS
· Tuberculosis: a communicable disease that is caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis.
· Investigation: finding or searching for more information.
· Infectious patients: people that harbor infections caused by micro- organisms.
· Infection: the presence and growth of a micro-organism that produce tissue –damage
Epidemic: this is the presence of a disease which affects a large number of populations in a definite territory
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Tuberculosis is a problem of global importance among communicable diseases. It is second leading disease causing death worldwide killing nearly 2 million people each year in Nigeria. Non-compliance of patients on tuberculosis treatment in an irregular and unreliable way has greatly caused risk of treatment failure, relapse and the development of drug-resistance tuberculosis strains. There are varieties of reasons why patients fail to take their medications. The center for disease control (2008) ... Continue reading---
