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Hidden in Success: Gendered Patterns of Suboptimal Care Engagement Among TB Patients Who "Successfully" Completed Treatment in South Africa

2025-09-07 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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BackgroundAdherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment is key to optimal health outcomes. Programmatic definitions of treatment success may mask heterogeneity in care engagement patterns that increase risk of unfavorable outcomes. MethodsUsing patient-level medication refill data, latent-class growth modelling was used to identify longitudinal trajectories of care engagement among participants who programmatically achieved treatment success. Logistic regression was conducted to investigate particip...

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