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The provision and need of social support among adult and pediatric patients with tuberculosis in Lima, Peru: a qualitative study
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health problem in Peru, causing an estimated 35,000 new cases each year, 6.7% of whom are co-infected with HIV. Social support mechanisms are key in influencing health-seeking behavior, adherence, and overall patient wellbeing in clinical settings.
We examine the types of social support received by TB patients and parents of pediatric patients in peri-urban Lima, Peru, to understand its role in patients'psychosocial wellbeing during treatment...
...Conclusions: Despite the general reluctance of patients to disclose their disease status, patients received a significant amount of psychosocial support from both family members to whom they disclosed, and from positive interactions with healthcare providers.
High levels of depression were reported, with many patients voicing need for improved and more frequent psychological interventions. To improve the Peru TB program, participants suggested extending educational opportunities to patients'families and the wider community, increasing the existing amount of nutritional support, and programmatic provision of vocational activities to increase economic opportunities.
Author: Valerie A Paz-SoldánRebecca E AlbanChristy D JonesRichard A Oberhelman
Credits/Source: BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:290
ublished on: 2013-07-31
The provision and need of social support among adult and pediatric patients with tuberculosis in Lima, Peru: a qualitative study
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health problem in Peru, causing an estimated 35,000 new cases each year, 6.7% of whom are co-infected with HIV. Social support mechanisms are key in influencing health-seeking behavior, adherence, and overall patient wellbeing in clinical settings.
We examine the types of social support received by TB patients and parents of pediatric patients in peri-urban Lima, Peru, to understand its role in patients'psychosocial wellbeing during treatment...
...Conclusions: Despite the general reluctance of patients to disclose their disease status, patients received a significant amount of psychosocial support from both family members to whom they disclosed, and from positive interactions with healthcare providers.
High levels of depression were reported, with many patients voicing need for improved and more frequent psychological interventions. To improve the Peru TB program, participants suggested extending educational opportunities to patients'families and the wider community, increasing the existing amount of nutritional support, and programmatic provision of vocational activities to increase economic opportunities.
Author: Valerie A Paz-SoldánRebecca E AlbanChristy D JonesRichard A Oberhelman
Credits/Source: BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:290
ublished on: 2013-07-31