Mental disorders and drug/alcohol use in patients commencing extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment.
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F Garcia Velarde;
SR Leon;
G Raviola;
L Lecca;
JT Galea;
(2017)
Mental disorders and drug/alcohol use in patients commencing extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment.
Public health action, 7 (3).
pp. 237-239.
ISSN 2220-8372
DOI: 10.5588/pha.17.0044
Mental disorders and alcohol/drug use worsen treatment outcomes for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), but data are lacking for extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB. We investigated the association of baseline mental disorders and alcohol/drug use on XDR-TB treatment outcomes in a retrospective study of 53 XDR-TB Peruvian patients during 2010-2012. Logistic regression estimated the odds ratios for unfavourable XDR-TB treatment outcomes. Overall treatment success was 25%. Mental disorders and drug/alcohol use were found in respectively 22.4% and 20.4% of patients; neither were associated with unfavourable treatment outcomes. Future research should explore the relationship between mental health and drug/alcohol use in XDR-TB treatment outcomes.
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