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Adherence by health care providers' National Tuberculosis guidelines

This study examined healthcare providers’ adherence to the national Tuberculosis
guidelines (NTG) during the diagnosis and treatment of TB in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
using a descriptive, cross-sectional study design. Data were collected from 233
medical records using checklists.
Adherence of healthcare providers to the NTG during the diagnosis of TB was 60.9%
(n=67) for female and 56.1% (n=69) for male TB patients. However, 91.8% (n=101)
female and 90.2% (n=111) male TB patients had been prescribed the correct
numbers of anti-TB pills, complying with the NTG recommendations. There was an
over-diagnosis of smear negative pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) as only 2.6% (n=2)
of the 76 smear negative PTB patients were diagnosed correctly.
Healthcare providers’ compliance with the NTG could be enhanced by providing
appropriate in-service education, maintaining accurate records of all TB patients and
providing supportive supervision to identify and address shortcomings.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/5092
Date11 1900
CreatorsAragaw, Getahun Sisay
ContributorsEhlers, Valerie Janet, 1948-
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDissertation
Format1 online resource (xvi, 86 leaves)

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