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TAUSEEF AHMAD
School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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ABSTRACT
Background
Globally, tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious disease. TB treatment outcome is an indicator for the effectiveness of a national TB control programs. This study aimed to assess treatment outcome of TB patients and its determinants in Batkhela, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Methods
A retrospective cohort study was designed using all TB patients who were enrolled at District Head Quarter (DHQ) Hospital Batkhela, Pakistan. Distribution of TB types, treatment outcome and associated factor with successful treatment was computed using SPSS version 20.0 software for windows.
Results
A total of 515 TB patients were registered, of which 237 (46%) were males and 278 (53.98%) females. Of the total, 234 (45.44%) were cured and 210 (40.77%) completed treatment with overall treatment success rate was 444 (86.21%). Age 0-20 years (AOR= 3.47; 95% CI= 1.54-7.81; P= 0.003), smear-positive pulmonary TB (SPPTB) (AOR= 3.58; 95% CI= 1.89-6.78; P= <0.001), treatment category (AOR= 4.71; 95% CI= 1.17-18.97; P= 0.029), and year of enrollment 2012 (AOR= 6.26; 95% CI= 2.52-15.59; P= <0.001) were significantly associated with successful treatment outcome.
Conclusions
The overall treatment success rate is satisfactory but still need to be improved to achieve the international targeted treatment outcome. An increase was observed in overall case-fatality rate during the study duration which is an alarming signal for public health.
Keywords
Tuberculosis, Treatment outcome, Pakistan
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TAUSEEF AHMAD
School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Corresponding Author
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Editorial decision: Major revision
On 28 May, 2020
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Received 12 Mar, 2020
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On 11 Mar, 2020
Reviewers invited
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Reviewer #1 agreed
On 11 Mar, 2020
Submission checks complete
On 10 Mar, 2020
Editor invited
On 10 Mar, 2020
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Editorial decision: Major revision
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Received 29 Jan, 2020
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On 28 Jan, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 23 Dec, 2019
Review #1 received
Received 23 Dec, 2019
Reviewers invited
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Editor assigned
On 27 Nov, 2019
Submission checks complete
On 26 Nov, 2019
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On 26 Nov, 2019
Version 1
Posted 18 Apr, 2019
No comments provided
Editorial decision: Minor revision
On 11 Nov, 2019
Review #2 received
Received 03 Sep, 2019
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On 28 May, 2019
Review #1 received
Received 07 May, 2019
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 06 May, 2019
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 05 May, 2019
Editor assigned
On 26 Apr, 2019
Submission checks complete
On 16 Apr, 2019
Editor invited
On 16 Apr, 2019
First submitted
On 14 Apr, 2019
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ABSTRACT
Background
Globally, tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious disease. TB treatment outcome is an indicator for the effectiveness of a national TB control programs. This study aimed to assess treatment outcome of TB patients and its determinants in Batkhela, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Methods
A retrospective cohort study was designed using all TB patients who were enrolled at District Head Quarter (DHQ) Hospital Batkhela, Pakistan. Distribution of TB types, treatment outcome and associated factor with successful treatment was computed using SPSS version 20.0 software for windows.
Results
A total of 515 TB patients were registered, of which 237 (46%) were males and 278 (53.98%) females. Of the total, 234 (45.44%) were cured and 210 (40.77%) completed treatment with overall treatment success rate was 444 (86.21%). Age 0-20 years (AOR= 3.47; 95% CI= 1.54-7.81; P= 0.003), smear-positive pulmonary TB (SPPTB) (AOR= 3.58; 95% CI= 1.89-6.78; P= <0.001), treatment category (AOR= 4.71; 95% CI= 1.17-18.97; P= 0.029), and year of enrollment 2012 (AOR= 6.26; 95% CI= 2.52-15.59; P= <0.001) were significantly associated with successful treatment outcome.
Conclusions
The overall treatment success rate is satisfactory but still need to be improved to achieve the international targeted treatment outcome. An increase was observed in overall case-fatality rate during the study duration which is an alarming signal for public health.
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