对结核病的DOTS直接观察组件的有效性:巴基斯坦的一项随机对照试验
J D Walley1, M A Khan, J N Newell
1Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds, UK. j.d.walley@leeds.ac.uk
Lancet (London, England)
|March 15, 2001
概括
直接观察到的结核病 (TB) 治疗策略显示,无论由卫生工作者或家庭成员观察,还是通过自我管理,都显示出相似的治愈率. 需要进一步的研究来澄清直接观察治疗的有效性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 临床试验 临床试验
背景情况:
- 世界卫生组织 (WHO) 倡导直接观察治疗,短期 (DOTS) 作为结核病控制的全球战略.
- 巴基斯坦国家结核病计划要求基于证据的指导,直接观察适合当地环境的治疗方法.
- 在巴基斯坦的操作条件下进行了一项随机试验,以评估不同结核病治疗策略.
研究的目的:
- 评估巴基斯坦不同结核病治疗交付策略的有效性.
- 为了比较DOTS与卫生工作者观察,DOTS与家庭成员观察,以及自我治疗.
- 为巴基斯坦国家结核病计划提供指导.
主要方法:
- 一个随机试验,涉及497名新出现的唾液阳性结核病的成年人.
- 参与者被分为三个组:卫生工作者观察的DOTS,家庭成员观察的DOTS,或自我管理的治疗.
- 治疗包括8个月的标准每日短期药物治疗方案,治疗和治疗完成是主要结果.
主要成果:
- 三种策略的治愈率相似:卫生工作者DOTS的64%,家庭成员DOTS的55%,自我治疗的62%.
- 治愈或治疗完成率也相似:67%的卫生工作者DOTS,62%的家庭成员DOTS,65%的自我治疗.
- 在测试的策略之间没有观察到统计学上显著的结果差异.
结论:
- 评估的治疗策略中没有一个在治愈率方面表现出优于其他治疗策略的优势.
- 在这项研究中,直接观察治疗并没有与自我管理相比,在治愈率上产生额外的改善.
- 直接观察治疗的有效性需要通过操作研究进一步调查.
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