Medication Adherence in Hispanics to Latent Tuberculosis Treatment: A Literature Review

To review the literature on medication adherence for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in Hispanics. Improving adherence to medication regimen could reduce the likelihood of further tuberculosis resistance. A literature review searched for studies of medication adherence in Hispanics in the Unite...

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Published in:Journal of immigrant and minority health 2012-02, Vol.14 (1), p.23-29
Main Author: Zuniga, Julie Ann
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Adherence
Adults
Clinical outcomes
Comparative Law
Cultural aspects
Cultural Background
Cultural Influences
Data processing
Demographics
Demography
Drugs
Female
Gender
Health care
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic people
Humans
Immigrants
Infection
Infections
Information Seeking
International & Foreign Law
Latent Tuberculosis - drug therapy
Latent Tuberculosis - ethnology
Literature reviews
Male
Medication Adherence - ethnology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Methods
Mycobacterium
Noncitizens
Nursing
Original Paper
Patient compliance
Population
Population studies
Private International Law
Public Health
Qualitative research
Search Strategies
Side effects
Socioeconomic factors
Sociology
Statistical Analysis
Studies
Tuberculosis
United States
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Summary:To review the literature on medication adherence for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in Hispanics. Improving adherence to medication regimen could reduce the likelihood of further tuberculosis resistance. A literature review searched for studies of medication adherence in Hispanics in the United States. Data on study purpose, design, population description, method of measuring adherence and main findings were collected. Twelve studies met the inclusion criteria. Methods of measuring adherence were mostly indirect. The review identified financial status, health literacy, and cultural factors as important barriers to medication adherence. The relationship between medication adherence and demographics, gender, self-reported health, and side-effects was inconclusive. A balanced relationship between the patient and healthcare provider could increase adherence. Limited availability of published literature show there are important gaps in the conceptual understanding of this problem. Additional research is needed identify factors affecting medication adherence in Hispanics with LTBI.
ISSN:1557-1912
1557-1920
DOI:10.1007/s10903-010-9393-x