title: Tuberculosis patients submitted to supervised treatment. Ribeirão Preto-São Paulo-Brazil. 1998 and 1999.
abstract: This study presents a survey conducted among 132 Tuberculosis patients submitted to Supervised Treatment between 01/1998 and 12/1999, with a view to describing epidemiological aspects, according to the gender, (final) treatment result and HIV immunology result variables. The number of patients covered by Supervised Treatment rose from 19% to 30%. For each of these years, 64% and 71% of the patients were male, while 89% and 77% evolved towards cure. The rate of abandonment increased from 7% to 10%, while 4% and 10% of the patients died of Tuberculosis. The Tb/HIV co-infection represented 22% and 42% of the cases. The obtained results disclosed a tendency towards the gradual amplification of Supervised Treatment and its implementation implied.
authors.affiliation: Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hino
authors.forename: Claudia Benedita
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Tereza Cristina Scatena
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: Jordana Nogueira
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Muniz
authors.forename: Aline Aparecida
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Monroe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology