- Title
- Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis related adverse drug reactions: implementation of a documentation tool
- Creator
- Cheng, Amber
- Subject
- Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MPharm
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/44662
- Identifier
- vital:38151
- Description
- Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is an ever-growing problem in South Africa (SA). According to the literature, minimal documentation is done on adverse drug reactions (ADRs), specifically in the MDR-TB population. Co-administration of medications is typical for the treatment of drug resistant forms of TB, which leads to high incidences of ADRs during the treatment period, especially in patients with comorbid disease states. This before-and-after study investigated the impact of an intervention (education training presentation and implementation of a purpose-designed documentation tool) on the current documentation pattern in a public sector hospital in the Nelson Mandela Metropole. In order to measure the sustainability of the intervention, the study compared data from the pre-intervention phase to data collected from the post-intervention immediate phase and post-intervention delayed phase. Study results indicated that the intervention appeared to have had a positive effect on the frequency and variety of ADR documentation (2.1 and 1.3 fold increase, respectively) related to MDR-TB by the hospital staff of a public sector hospital, however, the positive change was not sustainable for longer than a three month period post intervention. It is recommended that factors such as: proper adoption; management; and additional resources are required to implement positive changes to documentation practices. Further studies need to be conducted in South Africa regarding the treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis, in order to establish safer treatment guidelines and more promising ADR reporting practices, which will ultimately improve patient care.
- Format
- ix, 159 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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