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Determinants of non-adherence to anti-TB treatment in high income, low TB incidence settings: A scoping review
(The Union, 2021-06-01) Jones, Annie; Bidad, Natalie; Horne, Rob; Stagg, Helen R.; Wurie, Fatima; Kielmann, Karina; Karat, Aaron S.; Kunst, Heinke; Campbell, Colin N. J.; Darvell, Marcia; Clarke, Amy Louise; Lipman, Marc
Background Improving adherence to anti-tuberculosis (TB) treatment is a public health priority in high income, low incidence (HILI) regions. We conducted a scoping review to identify reported determinants of non-adherence in HILI settings.
IMPACT study on intervening with a manualised package to achieve treatment adherence in people with tuberculosis: Protocol paper for a mixed-methods study, including a pilot randomised controlled trial
(BMJ, 2019-12-17) Stagg, Helen R.; Abubakar, Ibrahim; Campbell, Colin N. J.; Copas, Andrew; Darvell, Marcia; Horne, Robert; Kielmann, Karina; Kunst, Heinke; Mandelbaum, Mike; Pickett, Elisha; Story, Alistair; Vidal, Nicole L.; Wurie, Fatima; Lipman, Marc
Introduction Compared with the rest of the UK and Western Europe, England has high rates of the infectious disease tuberculosis (TB). TB is curable, although treatment is for at least 6 months and longer when disease is drug resistant. If patients miss too many doses (non-adherence), they may transmit infection for longer and the infecting bacteria may develop resistance to the standard drugs used for treatment. Non-adherence may therefore risk both their health and that of others. Within England, certain population groups are thought to be at higher risk of non-adherence, but the factors contributing to this have been insufficiently determined, as have the best interventions to promote adherence. The objective of this study was to develop a manualised package of interventions for use as part of routine care within National Health Services to address the social and cultural factors that lead to poor adherence to treatment for TB disease.