TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - Child
KW - Dapsone
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Patient Compliance
KW - Predictive Value of Tests
KW - Self Administration
AU - Roche P W
AU - Failbus S
AU - Britton W
AB - <p>The self administration of dapsone by Nepali leprosy patients receiving multidrug therapy was assessed by a colorimetric and a filter paper spot test. Overall 45 out of 337 (13.3%) patients were found to be non-compliant. The relation of non-compliance to sex, age, leprosy classification, therapy type and length of therapy was investigated. The spot test was compared with the colorimetric assay and found to have a relative sensitivity of 99.3% and specificity of 95.4%. Follow up of patients was successful in that two-thirds of non-compliant patients were compliant on their follow-up test.</p>
BT - Tropical doctor
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2734837?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1989 Apr
DO - 10.1177/004947558901900205
IS - 2
J2 - Trop Doct
LA - eng
N2 - <p>The self administration of dapsone by Nepali leprosy patients receiving multidrug therapy was assessed by a colorimetric and a filter paper spot test. Overall 45 out of 337 (13.3%) patients were found to be non-compliant. The relation of non-compliance to sex, age, leprosy classification, therapy type and length of therapy was investigated. The spot test was compared with the colorimetric assay and found to have a relative sensitivity of 99.3% and specificity of 95.4%. Follow up of patients was successful in that two-thirds of non-compliant patients were compliant on their follow-up test.</p>
PY - 1989
SP - 59
EP - 61
T2 - Tropical doctor
TI - Self-administered drug compliance in Nepali leprosy patients.
VL - 19
SN - 0049-4755
ER -