Avaliação do acesso ao diagnóstico e tratamento de tuberculose na perspectiva dos indivíduos coinfectados ou não pelo HIV, São José do Rio Preto - SP / Assessment of The Access to Tuberculosis Diagnose and Treatment from the Individuals Co-infected or Not with HIV in São José do Rio Preto, SP.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

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Objetives: The aims of this study were to characterize the patients with Tuberculosis and coinfected with AIDS as to their sociodemographic aspects (gender, schooling, place of living and type of residence); to analyze the access to the diagnose and treatment of these patients; to identify the disagreements among groups of patients with TB and those co-infected with TB/AIDS regarding the access to diagnose and treatment and in this way to evaluate the access to diagnose and treatment of persons with Tuberculosis and co-infected with HIV living in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo State. Material and Methods: This is an evaluative research with a quantitative approach using a cross-sectional study model developed at the Health Units developing the Tuberculosis Control Program (TCP) in São José do Rio Preto. The patients received medical attention from June 2006 to June 2007. Techniques of descriptive analysis were used to analyze the data, such as frequency analysis, mean (average), standard deviation, and confidence interval. Results: Of the 106 patients interviewed 11 were excluded because they have not done the anti-HIV test. Therefore, the study population was composed of 95 patients. Of these, 76.8% presented TB and not coinfection with HIV, and 23.2% presented both TB and co-infection with HIV. The majority (66.3%) was male, 69.5% have Elementary Education, 50.5% reported to be homeowners, and 98.9% live in a brick-made house. From these results, we can imply that there were statistically significant differences as to the variables access to diagnose of those patients with TB and those co-infected who hardly ever or sometimes seek for the nearest Health Unit, and the patients with TB who most of the time seeks for the nearest Health Unit. There have been also statistically significant differences as to the access to treatment once the health professional visits more times the patients with co-infection in comparison to the patients who did not present co-infection and those co-infected. The co-infected patients hardly ever receive treatment at the nearest Health Unit. Final Comments: The study results point out to the necessity of a greater integration and communication between both programs TCP and sexually transmitted disease - aids (STD/AIDS). This factor is considered as a facilitator to both the access of patients to diagnose and treatment of the disease.

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access to health services hiv tuberculose tuberculosis hiv acesso ao serviço de saúde

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