{"title":"Tuberculosis and stigma: Break the silence…","authors":"V.K. Arora (Chairman), K.K. Chopra (Consultant and Ex- Director), Sanjay Rajpal (Director)","doi":"10.1016/j.ijtb.2025.02.015","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Stigma associated with tuberculosis (TB) and other diseases can have severe consequences on patient care and treatment outcomes. It is closely linked to social behaviour and deep rooted taboos.Stigma reduces trust in caregivers, leading to less attention to doctor's advice, lack of follow-up and poor adherence to treatment. To avoid facing stigma, patients may ignore treatment recommendations, ultimately creating problems in managing their disease. Stigma is a significant factor in delaying or avoiding treatment, not only in TB but also in mental illness, anxiety, depression, as it affects approximately 40% of cases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":39346,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Tuberculosis","volume":"72 ","pages":"Pages S1-S2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Indian Journal of Tuberculosis","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019570725000472","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Stigma associated with tuberculosis (TB) and other diseases can have severe consequences on patient care and treatment outcomes. It is closely linked to social behaviour and deep rooted taboos.Stigma reduces trust in caregivers, leading to less attention to doctor's advice, lack of follow-up and poor adherence to treatment. To avoid facing stigma, patients may ignore treatment recommendations, ultimately creating problems in managing their disease. Stigma is a significant factor in delaying or avoiding treatment, not only in TB but also in mental illness, anxiety, depression, as it affects approximately 40% of cases.
期刊介绍：
Indian Journal of Tuberculosis (IJTB) is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to the specialty of tuberculosis and lung diseases and is published quarterly. IJTB publishes research on clinical, epidemiological, public health and social aspects of tuberculosis. The journal accepts original research articles, viewpoints, review articles, success stories, interesting case series and case reports on patients suffering from pulmonary, extra-pulmonary tuberculosis as well as other respiratory diseases, Radiology Forum, Short Communications, Book Reviews, abstracts, letters to the editor, editorials on topics of current interest etc. The articles published in IJTB are a key source of information on research in tuberculosis. The journal is indexed in Medline
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