Performance of the alcohol use disorders identification test among tuberculosis patients in Russia.

The alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT), a screening instrument to identify individuals at risk of alcohol use-related problems, has not been validated in a Russian primary care population. We assessed the reliability, factor structure, sensitivity, and specificity of AUDIT scores among 254 subjects initiating tuberculosis treatment from 2005 to 2007 in Tomsk City. Our findings support the use of the AUDIT as a screening instrument among Russian individuals seeking primary care.

Integration of alcohol use disorders identification and management in the tuberculosis programme in Tomsk Oblast, Russia.

Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) among tuberculosis (TB) patients are associated with nonadherence and poor treatment outcomes. We developed a multidisciplinary model to manage AUDs among TB patients in Tomsk, Russia. First, we assessed current standards of care through stakeholder meetings and ethnographic work.

Adverse reactions among patients being treated for MDR-TB in Tomsk, Russia.

Background And Significance: Treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is challenging because of the toxicity of second-line medications. Little is known about whether adverse events impact treatment outcome.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective case series of 244 MDR-TB patients enrolled in Tomsk between 10 September 2000 and 10 September 2002.

Barriers to successful tuberculosis treatment in Tomsk, Russian Federation: non-adherence, default and the acquisition of multidrug resistance.

Objective: To identify barriers to successful tuberculosis (TB) treatment in Tomsk, Siberia, by analysing individual and programmatic risk factors for non-adherence, default and the acquisition of multidrug resistance in a TB treatment cohort in the Russian Federation.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of consecutively enrolled, newly detected, smear and/or culture-positive adult TB patients initiating therapy in a DOTS programme in Tomsk between 1 January and 31 December 2001.

Findings: Substance abuse was strongly associated with non-adherence [adjusted odds ratio (OR): 7.

[Comparative assessment of conservative treatment of chronic prostatitis with application of complex unit andro-gin].

The Andro-Gin unit used in combined treatment of 78 patients with chronic prostatitis (CP) and 16 women with chronic interstitial cystitis with inflammation in the internal genitalia (56.5% of the patients had sexual and spermatogenesis disorders) employed effects of simultaneous exposure to local magnetic field, electrostimulation of the small pelvis organs and prostate with introduction of contact rectal electrode, neurostimulation of pathogenic zones, low-intensity laser and light-diode radiator and color impulse therapy. Control group consisted of 85 patients with CP who received conventional physiotherapy.