Cumplimiento del tratamiento de tuberculosis extrapulmonar, en pacientes atendidos en un centro de salud de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is a disease that affects the tissues and organs outside the lung parenchyma and develops in 20% of cases of tuberculous disease, the most affected organs being the meninges, the pleura, the skin, the lymph nodes, the abdomen, the genitourinary apparatus, the kidneys, the skin, the joints and the bones, the objective of this work is to determine compliance with the treatment of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, in patients treated at a Health Center in the city of Guayaquil. The applied methodology is descriptive, quantitative and according to the prospective time of a cross-sectional nature, in a population of 50 patients with a diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis who attended the scheduled medical appointment, to whom a survey prepared by the students was applied. Registered patients attending the tuberculosis department. The results showed that the male sex was presented with 64%, aged between 21 to 25 years 58%, followed by 18 to 20 years 26%, being 62% mestizo, 70% being employed, with less economic income of 400 dollars, among the clinical manifestations 44% presented night fever, 38% chills, 34% weakness or fatigue, among the influencing factors that cause desertion of compliance with treatment, it was demonstrated by adverse effects 62%, excessive amount 40%, lack of collaboration or family support 30%, ignorance 28%. In conclusion, early diagnosis means must be made for the immediate treatment of this pathology and to avoid complications.