Complience and Effectiveness of Single Tuberculosis Drugs and Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) on Pediatric Patients in a Hospital in Bandung
Journal Title: Indonesian Journal of Clinical Pharmacy - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Treatment of TB in children is a concern because of the difficulty of determining the diagnosis and healing as well as with ineffective consumption and non-adherence result in drug-resistant TB. The FDC and single TB drugs are the option that can be administered in pediatric patients where FDC is claimed to have advantages over single, nevertheless a few publication on the effectiveness of the use of two drugs. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship FDC and single TB drugs on compliance and effectiveness of treatment TB pulmonary in children in a hospital in Bandung period January 2010 until December 2013. The method used by the cross-sectional retrospective collection of secondary data conducted in 213 patients with descriptive analysis and Chi-Square. The results showed that no difference between the types of TB drugs for compliance and effectiveness of treatment. It can be concluded that health care providers can provide FDC or single although FDC well-known have more advantages over single.
Authors and Affiliations
Angga P. Kautsar, Tina A. Intani
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- DOI 10.15416/ijcp.2016.5.3.215
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