支持青少年结核病治疗的数字坚持技术的使用
A M Schraufnagel1, R Crowder2, P Wambi3
1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
概括
像99DOTS这样的数字依附技术 (DAT) 显示出改善青少年结核病 (TB) 治疗结果的希望. 这项研究发现99DOTS的使用与更高的治疗成功率和减少随访损失有关.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生
- 传染性疾病
- 青少年的健康
背景情况:
- 结核病的青少年在完成治疗时遇到独特的挑战.
- 数字坚持技术 (DAT) 为监测结核病治疗的坚持提供了潜在的解决方案.
- 99DOTS是一种低成本的DAT,研究了其对青少年结核病治疗结果的影响.
研究的目的:
- 评估99DOTS在改善肺结核青少年治疗结果方面的有效性.
- 评估基于99DOTS的干预措施对青少年结核病治疗坚持和成功率的影响.
主要方法:
- 进行了中断时间序列 (ITS) 分析.
- 这项研究包括乌干达30个卫生机构的青少年开始接受药物敏感性PTB治疗.
- ITS模型用于分析99DOTS实施前后结核病治疗结果的变化和随访损失.
主要成果:
- 观察到99DOTS的高吸收率,其中78. 4%的青少年参与了干预后的治疗.
- 调整后的分析显示成功治疗比例显著增加 (PR 1.18,95% CI 1. 08-1. 28).
- 观察到随访损失的显著降低 (PR 0. 93,95% CI 0. 88- 0. 98).
结论:
- 在患有结核病的青少年中,DOTS的可接受性和有效性很高.
- 使用99DOTS显著改善了青少年的结核病治疗结果.
- DATs,特别是99DOTS,代表了一种有希望的青少年特异策略,以提高结核病治疗的成功率.
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