1
|
Bezerra WDSP, Lemos EF, do Prado TN, Kayano LT, Zacarin de Souza S, Chaves CEV, Paniago AMM, de Souza AS, de Oliveira SMDVL. Risk Stratification and Factors Associated with Abandonment of Tuberculosis Treatment in a Secondary Referral Unit. Patient Prefer Adherence 2020; 14:2389-2397. [PMID: 33299305 PMCID: PMC7721312 DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s266475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE To study the factors associated with the risk of discontinuing active tuberculosis treatment among patients in an outpatient referral unit and to analyze the association between patients' abandonment risk score and their odds of discontinuing the treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this cohort study, tuberculosis patients were prospectively followed up from June 2012 through July 2019 at a secondary tuberculosis referral unit in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. At initial consultation, patients were interviewed using a standardized questionnaire and were assigned a score for the risk of treatment abandonment by the nurse. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed using logistic regression. RESULTS One hundred and forty-eight patients were included in the study, of which 65.0% (96/148) were male. Their mean age was 43.3 ± 14.8 years (range: 18-89 years). Smoking, drug use, repeated admissions, and a high abandonment risk score were the variables associated with the highest risk of discontinuing the treatment. The rate of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus coinfection was 37.2%. The overall rate of global treatment abandonment was 10.8% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 6.1-16.2). Upon stratification of patients that abandoned by the risk score, 22.9% (8/35) of the ones that abandoned had a high risk, 10.9% (6/55) had an intermediate risk, and 3.5% (2/58) had a low risk of treatment abandonment. In multivariate analysis, the factors associated with abandoning the treatment were smoking [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 4.91 (95% CI: 1.08, 22.32)] and undergoing retreatment (aOR) = 3.66 (95% CI: 1.04, 12 88). CONCLUSION Smoking and undergoing retreatment were independent risk factors for tuberculosis treatment abandonment in this center. Risk stratification can help prioritize the strengthening of treatment adherence among patients at higher risk of abandoning treatment in referral units.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Wanessa da Silva Peres Bezerra
- Postgraduate Program in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
| | - Everton Ferreira Lemos
- School of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
| | | | - Larissa Taemy Kayano
- School of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
| | - Stefany Zacarin de Souza
- School of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
| | - Cláudia Elizabeth Volpe Chaves
- Postgraduate Program in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Maria Aparecida Pedrossian University Hospital, EBSERH, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
| | - Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago
- Postgraduate Program in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- School of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Maria Aparecida Pedrossian University Hospital, EBSERH, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
| | - Albert Schiaveto de Souza
- Biosciences Institute, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Family Health, Biosciences Institute, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
| | - Sandra Maria do Valle Leone de Oliveira
- School of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Maria Aparecida Pedrossian University Hospital, EBSERH, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Family Health, Biosciences Institute, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
| |
Collapse
|