Community-based directly observed therapy is effective and results in better treatment outcomes for patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Uganda

BMC Health Services Research(2023)

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Health facility-based directly observed therapy (HF DOT) is the main strategy for the management of patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR TB) in Uganda, however, this still yields sub-optimal treatment outcomes. We set out to assess the effectiveness of community-based directly observed therapy (CB DOT) for the treatment of DR TB in Uganda. Using a previously developed patient-centered model for CB DOT, we assigned community health workers (CHWs) as primary caregivers to patients diagnosed with DR TB. CHWs administered daily DOT to patients in their homes. Once a month, patients received travel vouchers to attend clinic visits for treatment monitoring. We assessed the effectiveness of this model using a quasi-experimental pre and post-study. From December 2020 to March 2022, we enrolled adult DR-TB patients on the CB DOT model. We collected retrospective data from patients who had received care using the HF DOT model during the year before the study started. The adjusted effect of CB DOT versus HF DOT on DR TB treatment success was estimated using modified Poisson regression model with robust cluster variance estimator. We analyzed data from 264 DR TB patients (152 HF DOT, 112 CB DOT). The majority were males (67.8
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better treatment outcomes,uganda,patients,therapy,community-based,multi-drug
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