[Compliance of film-coated praziquantel tablets in schistosomiasis transmission-controlled areas].

Objective: To observe the compliance of film-coated praziquantel tablets in the schistosomiasis transmission controlled areas, so as to provide the evidence for the establishment of chemotherapy intervention measures in these areas.
Methods: In the areas of schistosomiasis transmission controlled in Sichuan Province, 234 people were selected as film-coated praziquantel group (FCPG), and 203 people were selected as praziquantel group (PG). A questionnaire survey was implemented and the compliance of chemotherapy of the 2 groups was compared.
Results: In PG, all the people indicated that the praziquantel tablets has bad smell, 98.0% of the people had side-effects, such as nausea, headache, 69.5% thought the medicine was harmful to health subjectively, and 99.5% thought that it was too much dose of tablets for taking one time. In FCPG, all the people indicated that the film-coated praziquantel tablets had no bad smell, 18.8% of the people had side-effects, and 74.4% would like to choose film-coated praziquantel tablets. The rates of knowledge of praziquantel of PG and FCPG were 50.7% and 29.1%, respectively ( chi2 = 21.449, P = 0.01).
Conclusions: The film-coated praziquantel tablets have no bad smell and lighter side-effects. The compliance of the film-coated praziquantel tablets is high in the areas of schistosomiasis transmission controlled, so the film-coated praziquantel tablets are worth to popularize and apply.