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| Title |
Factors associated with default from treatment among tuberculosis patients in nairobi province, Kenya: A case control study
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, September 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-11-696 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Bernard N Muture, Margaret N Keraka, Peter K Kimuu, Ephantus W Kabiru, Victor O Ombeka, Francis Oguya |
| Abstract |
Successful treatment of tuberculosis (TB) involves taking anti-tuberculosis drugs for at least six months. Poor adherence to treatment means patients remain infectious for longer, are more likely to relapse or succumb to tuberculosis and could result in treatment failure as well as foster emergence of drug resistant tuberculosis. Kenya is among countries with high tuberculosis burden globally. The purpose of this study was to determine the duration tuberculosis patients stay in treatment before defaulting and factors associated with default in Nairobi. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 508 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | <1% |
| Kenya | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 496 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 125 | 25% |
| Researcher | 53 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 50 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 42 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 6% |
| Other | 92 | 18% |
| Unknown | 115 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 168 | 33% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 68 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 37 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 21 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 16 | 3% |
| Other | 58 | 11% |
| Unknown | 140 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 August 2023.
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#2,239,668
of 24,225,722 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#2,521
of 15,974 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#10,857
of 129,081 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#25
of 211 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 15,974 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.4. This one has done well, scoring higher than 84% of its peers.
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