Micheline Kaigongi Ntarangwi

Prevalence of depression among TB patients

A case study at Mbagathi District Hospital Nairobi, Kenya

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains how in recent times, problems of tuberculosis (TB) infection have increased among the general public in Kenya. Many hospitals have grappled with the problem of non compliance with medication of TB patients,and the threat of development of multidrug resistance TB which is life threatening and very expensive to manage. Micheline Kaigongi elucidates that in many Kenyan hospitals, infected patients are treated for TB but little attention is directed to their psychological state, mainly their likely depressed state. A depressed TB patient might not comply with the doctor s medication plan which may lead to frequent relapse episodes. The author seeks to assist in sensitizing the general public and hospital administrations to introduce psychological based interventions for TB patients.Psychological interventions may reduce incidences such as defaulting on medication and thereby assist the patients in their recovery process. This book is highly recommended for the doctors, nurses, scholars, students and researchers who are doing more on tuberculosis and psychological interventions research

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 60
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 107g
• ISBN-13: 9783845425429
• ISBN-10: 3845425423
• Artikelnr.: 34147324

Autorenporträt

Micheline Kaigongi Ntarangwi holds a MSC in Clinical Psychology at University of Nairobi and BA in Psychology from United States International University-Africa Nairobi Campus, a Diploma in Medical Imaging sciences from Kenya Medical Training College Nairobi. Micheline is a professional eclectic private practitioner in Clinical Psychology