Triggering factors for abandonment of antiphimic treatment. District 09d13. 2016 - 2019

Abstract

Introduction: defined as the continuous non-attendance of the patient to anti-tuberculosis therapy for a month or more, it represents a surplus of spending on public health. Likewise, it is one of the public health problems most reported worldwide as an unsatisfactory result of the tuberculosis strategy. Objective: to determine the triggering factors for the abandonment of antifungal treatment. Results: the main triggering factor for therapeutic abandonment in District 09D13 corresponds to the patient factors dimension, locating within this the symptomatic improvement secondary to partial treatment in the first place, with 94, 1%, with predominance over the male sex and in ages from 20 to 49 years. Conclusion: The main factors prevalent in this study that trigger dropouts were associated with patient factors, in the first place, symptomatic improvement, followed by a poor economic situation. The third factor was associated with the health service, such as the lack of knowledge about the disease. The correlational study establishes that there is a considerable positive relationship between homelessness and alcohol consumption, both factors are not shown to be the most prevalent by themselves, the perspective suggests that when both factors come together the trigger factor for discontinuation of antifungal therapy.