To improve operational efficiency as well as to improve patient compliance in leprosy programmes, DANIDA introduced blister-calendar packs (BCP) to deliver MDT in 4 MDT districts in India in 1987. An objective study (Phase II) involving 343 patients in a trial group (BCP group) and 253 patients in a control group (loose drug group) showed no significant difference in compliance rates for self-administered dose between the 2 groups. Hence, while assessing the use of BCPs in leprosy programmes, other operational benefits like safe storage, easy transportation, easy drug accounting and safe preservation at home are to be considered. These aspects were followed up from Phase I of the study.
BT - Leprosy review C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8231604?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1993 Sep DO - 10.5935/0305-7518.19930027 IS - 3 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -To improve operational efficiency as well as to improve patient compliance in leprosy programmes, DANIDA introduced blister-calendar packs (BCP) to deliver MDT in 4 MDT districts in India in 1987. An objective study (Phase II) involving 343 patients in a trial group (BCP group) and 253 patients in a control group (loose drug group) showed no significant difference in compliance rates for self-administered dose between the 2 groups. Hence, while assessing the use of BCPs in leprosy programmes, other operational benefits like safe storage, easy transportation, easy drug accounting and safe preservation at home are to be considered. These aspects were followed up from Phase I of the study.
PY - 1993 SP - 250 EP - 4 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Further observations on MDT blister-calendar packs in vertical leprosy eradication programmes--a multicentre study (phase II) UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1993/v64n3/pdf/v64n3a08.pdf VL - 64 SN - 0305-7518 ER -