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WHO Multidrug Therapy for Leprosy: Epidemiology of Default in Treatment in Agra District, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Author	Kumar, Anil Girdhar, Anita Chakma, Joy Kumar Girdhar, B. K.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	AIM To study the magnitude of default, time of default, its causes, and final clinical outcome. METHODS Data collected in active surveys in Agra is analyzed. Patients were given treatment after medical confirmation and were followed up. The treatment default and other clinical outcomes were recorded. RESULTS Patients who defaulted have comparable demographic characteristics. However, among defaulters more women (62.7% in PB, 42.6% in MB) were seen than those in treatment completers (PB 52.7% and MB 35.9%). Nerve involvement was high in treatment completers: 45.7% in PB and 91.3% in MB leprosy. Overall default rate was lower (14.8%) in ROM than (28.8%) in standard MDT for PB leprosy (χ 1 (2) = 11.6, P = 0.001) and also for MB leprosy: 9.1% in ROM compared to 34.5% in MDT (χ 1 (2) = 6.0, P = 0.015). Default rate was not different (28.8% versus 34.5%, P > 0.05) in both types of leprosy given MDT. Most patients defaulted at early stage of treatment and mainly due to manageable side effects. CONCLUSION The default in standard MDT both for PB and MB leprosy was observed to be significantly higher than in ROM treatment. Most defaults occurred at early stage of treatment and major contribution of default is due to side effects like drowsiness, weakness, vomiting, diarrhea, and so forth, related to poor general health. Although about half of the defaulters were observed to be cured 2.2% in PB-MDT and 10.9% of MB-MDT developed disability. This is an issue due to default. Attempts are needed to increase treatment compliance. The use of specially designed disease related health education along with easily administered drug regimens may help to reduce default.
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DOI	10.1155/2015/705804
PubMed reference number	25705679
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	2015
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2015/705804.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/34/2e/BMRI2015-705804.PMC4331159.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1155/2015%2F705804
Journal	BioMed research international
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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