160
Participants
Start Date
March 31, 2013
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2015
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2015
Education Strategy
"Interview with the patient and their contacts, even during hospitalization, Delivering educational material about TB distribution free; Advise the patient about the BHU nearest their home, where it will follow the treatment of tuberculosis. Provide the address and telephone contact BHU this writing.~During the time of TB treatment, contact the patient to see if it is adhering to treatment and answer questions about the disease and treatment, The contact will be performed weekly for the first month, biweekly for the other months.~During the treatment period, contact BHU to monitor the progress of the case. Monitoring will be terminated: when the patient is discharged after cure of BHU or when the patient is absent for more than 30 days from the last scheduled visit."
Alice Mânica Müller, Porto Alegre
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
OTHER
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
OTHER