Ruth Nabisere-Arinaitwe, Lydia Namatende-Sakwa, Josephine Bayiga, Juliet Nampala, Lucy Alinaitwe, Florence Aber, Brian Otaalo, Joseph Musaazi, Rachel King, Mike Kesby, Derek J Sloan, Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire
BACKGROUND: Completion of tuberculosis (TB) treatment presents several challenges to patients, including long treatment duration, medication adverse-effects and heavy pill burden. WHO emphasize the need for patient-centered TB care, but such approaches require understanding of patient experiences and perceptions. METHODS: In 2020, we nested a qualitative study within a clinical trial that recruited 128 HIV-TB co-infected adults in Kampala receiving rifampicin-based TB treatment, alongside anti-retroviral therapy...
December 2023: Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases