Preferred techniques of hair harvest for medical testing among adult pulmonary TB patients
Afr. health sci. (Online)
; 23(4): 35-41, 2023. figures, tables
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em Inglês
| AIM (África)
| ID: biblio-1532774
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Antiretroviral hair drug levels are currently being used to monitor adherence to HIV treatment. There is currently a dearth of literature on the preferred technique(s) of hair harvest for medical testing in the context of African multicultural settings.Objective:
To explore the preferred techniques(s) of hair harvest for medical testing among TB patients.Methods:
We used a descriptive phenomenological approach to conduct interviews for 15 TB patients from the 06th through the 24th of June 2022. Data was organized by N-VIVO version 10 and analysed step by step using a thematic analytical approach.Results:
Participants aged <30 years were more knowledgeable, positively perceived, and experienced about the salon-based hair cutting technique compared to those aged≥30 years old. Participants aged ≥30 had experience, flexibility to use, and were knowledgeable in all three techniques, Overall, for all age categories (<30,30-40 and >40 years), majority of the respondents were knowledgeable, flexible and experienced in using all the three techniques.Conclusion:
The majority of TB patients were knowledgeable, experienced and flexible about the hair cutting techniques however, efforts are needed to educate the youth that hair for medical testing can be cut by any of the three techniques without changing their cosmetic look.
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Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
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Tuberculose
Base de dados:
AIM (África)
Assunto principal:
Tuberculose Pulmonar
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Infecções por HIV
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Cabelo
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Afr. health sci. (Online)
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University/UG
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Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University/UG
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Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Makerere College of Health Sciences/UG
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Uganda-Case Western Reserve University Research Collaboration/UG