Self-administered dapsone intake by leprosy patients in Eastern Nepal was monitored with a urine spot test. Of 341 outpatients 55 (16.1%) were found to be noncompliant. A significant relationship was found between noncompliance and age and between noncompliance and caste. Sex, disease classification, type of treatment, duration of treatment, history of leprosy reactions and travel time to the clinic did not influence the compliance. In remote areas the urine spot test can be useful in leprosy control programmes.
BT - Leprosy review C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2034026?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1991 Mar DO - 10.5935/0305-7518.19910008 IS - 1 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -Self-administered dapsone intake by leprosy patients in Eastern Nepal was monitored with a urine spot test. Of 341 outpatients 55 (16.1%) were found to be noncompliant. A significant relationship was found between noncompliance and age and between noncompliance and caste. Sex, disease classification, type of treatment, duration of treatment, history of leprosy reactions and travel time to the clinic did not influence the compliance. In remote areas the urine spot test can be useful in leprosy control programmes.
PY - 1991 SP - 53 EP - 7 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Self-administered dapsone compliance of leprosy patients in eastern Nepal. UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1991/v62n1/pdf/v62n1a08.pdf VL - 62 SN - 0305-7518 ER -