RESUMOObjetivo: Descrever as características dos casos de abandono do tratamento de tuberculose em pacientes que desenvolveram TBMR. Método: Estudo de abordagem quantitativa, desenvolvido em um hospital terciário de referência para tratamento de TBMR localizada no municipio do Rio de Janeiro. Foi utilizado instrumento estruturado com informações de oitenta prontuários entre os meses de fevereiro a dezembro de 2017. A análise dos dados foi realizada através do software SPSS. Resultados: Foi possível verificar que dos 80 pacientes estudados: 35% abandonaram tratamento anterior de Tuberculose, a média de idade foi de 43,6 anos; 67,5% dos pacientes eram do sexo masculino e 42,5% pardos. Conclusão:As evidências desse estudo apontam que é necessária a identificação precoce de pacientes que apresentam maior risco para abandono do tratamento, bem como a criação de um modelo de assistência voltado ao perfil dos usuários que abandonam o tratamento, com uma prática participativa dos profissionais de saúde, com grupos educativos que promovam ações preventivas, identificando, estudando estratégias para a superação de barreiras ligadas à realidade, de vida individual e coletiva. Palavras-chave: Tuberculose Resistente a Múltiplos Medicamentos. Adesão à medicação. Terapêutica. ABSTRACTObjective: To describe the characteristics about the cases of abandonment on tuberculosis treatment in patients who developed multirresistant tuberculosis (TBMR). Method: A quantitative approach, developed in a tertiary reference hospital for the treatment of TBMR located in Rio de Janeiro. A structured instrument with information from eighty medical records was used between February and December 2017. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software. Results: It was possible to verify that about the 80 patients studied, 35% abandoned previous treatment of Tuberculosis, the mean age was 43.6 years, 67.5% of the patients were male, 42.5% were mixed race. Conclusion: Evidence from this study indicates that it is necessary to identify patients at major risk for treatment abandonment, as well as to create a model of assistance aimed at the profile of users who abandon treatment, with a participative practice of the professionals of health, with educational groups that promote preventive actions, identifying, studying strategies for overcoming barriers linked to reality, individual and collective life.
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