Profile of notified tuberculosis cases and factors associated with treatment dropout ; Perfil de casos de tuberculose notificados e fatores associados ao abandono, Belo Horizonte, MG

OBJECTIVE: To describe the profile of notified tuberculosis cases and analyze the factors associated with treatment dropout. METHODS: A total of 178 cases of tuberculosis notified in the western region of Belo Horizonte (Southeastern Brazil) in 2001 and 2002 and recorded in the National System for Notifiable Diseases were described. An unmatched case-control study was conducted, with data collected by means of interviews, to compare patients who dropped out of treatment with those who achieved cure. The following variables were analyzed: sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics, associa... Mehr ...