Efeito do incentivo aliment赤cio sobre o desfecho do tratamento de pacientes com tuberculose em uma unidade prim芍ria de sa迆de no munic赤pio de Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro

作者：Cantalice Filho; Joo Paulo

来源：Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2009, 35(10): 992-997.

DOI：10.1590/S1806-37132009001000008

• tuberculosis
• nutritional support
• treatment outcome
• ambulatory health services.

objective: to evaluate the effect that the distribution of food baskets to tuberculosis (tb) patients has on treatment outcomes at a primary health care clinic. methods: retrospective comparative study of the medical and social aspects of 142 patients at a primary health care clinic in the city of duque de caxias, brazil. the patients were divided into two groups: the first group included 68 patients treated with standard regimens (between september of 2001 and december of 2003); and the second group included 74 patients treated with the same regimens but also receiving food baskets on a monthly basis (between january of 2004 and july of 2006). results: the statistical comparison between the two groups revealed that the cure rate was higher in the group receiving the food baskets (87.1% vs. 69.7%), whereas the rate of noncompliance was markedly lower (12.9% vs. 30.3%). conclusions: the results indicate that the distribution of food baskets can be a useful strategy to improve compliance with tb treatment at primary health care clinics.