Treatment Outcome of Tuberculosis Patients at Enfraz Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia: A Five-Year Retrospective Study
Joint Authors
Endris, Mengistu
Woldehana, Eleni
Esmael, Ahmed
Unakal, Chandrashekhar
Belyhun, Yeshambel
Moges, Feleke
Source
Tuberculosis Research and Treatment
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-05-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objectives.
The aim of this study was to assess treatment outcome and associated risk factors among TB patients registered for anti-TB treatment at Enfraz health center, northwest Ethiopia.
Methods.
A five-year retrospective data (2007–2011) of tuberculosis patients ( n = 417 ) registered for anti-TB treatment at Enfraz health center, northwest Ethiopia, were reviewed.
Tuberculosis outcomes were following the WHO guidelines.
Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 20.
Results.
Among 417 study participants, 95 (22.8%), 141 (33.8%), and 181 (43.4%) were smear-positive, smear-negative, and extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients, respectively.
Of the 417 study participants, 206 (49.4%) were tested for HIV.
The TB-HIV coinfection was 24/206 (11.7%).
Seventeen study participants (4.2%) were transferred to other health facilities.
Among the 400 study participants, 379 (94.8%) had successful treatment outcome (302 treatment completed and 77 cured).
The overall death, default, and failure rates were 3.4%, 0.5%, and 1.2%, respectively.
There was no significant association between sex, age, residence, type of TB, HIV status, and successful TB treatment outcome.
Conclusion.
Treatment outcome of patients who attended their anti-TB treatment at Enfraz health center was successful.
Therefore, this treatment success rate should be maintained and strengthened to achieve the millennium development goal.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Endris, Mengistu& Moges, Feleke& Belyhun, Yeshambel& Woldehana, Eleni& Esmael, Ahmed& Unakal, Chandrashekhar. 2014. Treatment Outcome of Tuberculosis Patients at Enfraz Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia: A Five-Year Retrospective Study. Tuberculosis Research and Treatment،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Endris, Mengistu…[et al.]. Treatment Outcome of Tuberculosis Patients at Enfraz Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia: A Five-Year Retrospective Study. Tuberculosis Research and Treatment No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Endris, Mengistu& Moges, Feleke& Belyhun, Yeshambel& Woldehana, Eleni& Esmael, Ahmed& Unakal, Chandrashekhar. Treatment Outcome of Tuberculosis Patients at Enfraz Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia: A Five-Year Retrospective Study. Tuberculosis Research and Treatment. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048073
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1048073