Effectiveness of directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) on treatment of tuberculosis patients in public health facilities of Debre Tabor Town, Ethiopia: retrospective study.
Chalachew Genet AkalAddisu MeleseAbebaw WoredePublished in: BMC research notes (2019)
Among 354 TB patients, 53.1% were males. Furthermore 22.6%, 40.4%, and 37% were smear positive pulmonary, smear negative pulmonary and extra pulmonary TB respectively. Study also revealed that TB-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection and overall TB treatment success rate were 18.1% and 90.7% respectively. Regular weigh follow-up, sputum follow-up and HIV status were significantly associated with treatment success with P-value < 0.001, < 0.001 and 0.334 respectively. But TB treatment success weren't associated with sex (P = 8.62), health facility type (P = 0.749) and TB type (P = 0.778). The study also showed that the overall TB treatment success rate was in line with World Health Organization (WHO) target on treatment success rate. Furthermore the study indicated higher TB-HIV co-infection and variations in conducting regular weight and sputum follow-up among HFs.
Keyphrases
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- human immunodeficiency virus
- public health
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv aids
- hiv infected
- systematic review
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- end stage renal disease
- hiv positive
- cystic fibrosis
- body mass index
- risk assessment
- climate change
- mass spectrometry
- weight loss
- physical activity
- south africa
- global health
- human health
- fluorescent probe