Psycho-Socio-Economic Issues Challenging Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients: A Systematic Review

2016187 citationsReviewgold Open Access

Authors

Beena Thomas · National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis

Poonguzhali Shanmugam · National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis

Malaisamy Muniyandi · National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis

Senthanro Ovung · National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis

Chandra Suresh · National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis

Ramnath Subbaraman · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Abstract

This review has captured the psychosocial and economic issues challenging MDR patients. However there is urgent need for feasible, innovative psychosocial and economic intervention studies that help to equip MDR-TB patients cope with their illness, improve treatment adherence, treatment outcomes and the overall quality of life of MDR-TB patients.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Mental Health Treatment and Access Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. e0147397-e0147397

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147397

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