Targeted illustrated patient information improves medicines knowledge in limited literacy tuberculosis patients: a south african randomised controlled trial

• In: C6 - Short oral presentations on health and medicine information on Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 14:00-17:00
• At: Bangkok (Thailand) (2014)
• Type: Presentation
• By: PATEL, Sonal (Rhodes University, Pharmacy Practice, Grahamstown, South Africa)
• Co-author(s): Dowse, Ros (Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa)
  
• Abstract:

  Background: Tuberculosis (TB) kills about 3800 people every day with 95% of deaths occurring in developing countries. Despite good adherence to TB medicines being essential for a cure, there is no simple, easily understandable TB medicines information available to South African patients. The aim of the study, therefore, was to design and evaluate

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