Treatment regimens of STD patients in Cameroon: a need for intervention.
Sex Transm Dis
; 21(2): 124-6, 1994.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
The management of patients with STDs is an important element in the fight against AIDS. To define effective STD control strategies a survey was carried out to understand the attitudes of STD patients and the treatment regimens they follow. STUDYDESIGN:
The study was based on interviews with male patients with typical symptoms of urethritis leaving private pharmacies in Douala and Yaoundé. Each case was asked to answer a questionnaire comprising the origin of the therapeutic choice, the nature and cost of the treatment and any advice received.RESULTS:
Fifty-six men in Douala and 86 in Yaoundé were recruited. The sources of prescription were dispensary (38%, 54%) private MD (9%, 15%) pharmacist (7%, 9%), diverse (46%, 21%) in Douala and Yaoundé respectively. At least two medicines were recommended in three-quarters of the patients. The most frequently used antibiotics were aminoglycosides and penicillin. The cost of the treatment ranged from $3.50 to $110. The more "medical" the initial visit, the higher was the cost of the prescribed treatment. In Douala only 49% of the prescribers advised the patients to treat their partners and condom promotion was done by 21% of the prescribers.CONCLUSION:
This survey provides useful data on the care of patients with urethritis. Such surveys are simple, rapid, reasonable inexpensive (about $10,000) and contribute to the efficient design of STD control strategies. In addition, repeat survey to monitor the impact of the strategies are simple to carry out.Palavras-chave
Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Antibiotics; Cameroon; Clients--men; Clinic Activities; Counseling; Developing Countries; Diseases; Distributional Activities; Drugs; French Speaking Africa; Infections; Middle Africa; Organization And Administration; Prescriptions; Program Activities; Programs; Reproductive Tract Infections; Research Methodology; Research Report; Retrospective Studies; Sampling Studies; Sexually Transmitted Diseases--men; Sexually Transmitted Diseases--prevention and control; Studies; Surveys; Treatment--cost
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Prescrições de Medicamentos
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Uretrite
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Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Antibacterianos
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sex Transm Dis
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Camarões