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Treatment Outcomes and Associated Factors among Tuberculosis Patients from Selected Rural Eastern Cape Hospitals: An Ambidirectional Study

Version 1 : Received: 5 May 2023 / Approved: 8 May 2023 / Online: 8 May 2023 (09:36:25 CEST)

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Faye, L.M.; Hosu, M.C.; Iruedo, J.; Vasaikar, S.; Nokoyo, K.A.; Tsuro, U.; Apalata, T. Treatment Outcomes and Associated Factors among Tuberculosis Patients from Selected Rural Eastern Cape Hospitals: An Ambidirectional Study. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2023, 8, 315. Faye, L.M.; Hosu, M.C.; Iruedo, J.; Vasaikar, S.; Nokoyo, K.A.; Tsuro, U.; Apalata, T. Treatment Outcomes and Associated Factors among Tuberculosis Patients from Selected Rural Eastern Cape Hospitals: An Ambidirectional Study. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2023, 8, 315.

Abstract

An essential metric for determining the efficacy of tuberculosis (TB) control programs is the evaluation of TB treatment outcomes. Assessing treatment outcomes is fundamental to facilitating the End TB Strategy set target. Clinic records from 457 patients with DR-TB were examined for data collection while 101 patients were followed up prospectively. Data were analyzed using Stata version 17.0. The odds ratio and 95% confidence interval were calculated to check the association between variables. P ≤ 0.05 was con-sidered statistically significant. Of the 427 participants, 65.8% had successful treatment whilst 34.2% had unsuccessful TB treatment. A total of 61.2% and 39% of the HIV-positive and HIV-negative participants had a successful TB treatment whilst 66% and 34% of both HIV-negative and positive participants had unsuccessful TB treatment. From 101 patients that were followed up, smokers had longer treatment outcomes compared to non-smokers. In the study with HIV/TB co-infection, men predominated. HIV and tuberculosis co-infection made therapy difficult with unfavorable effects on TB management. The treatment success rate (65.8%) is lower than the WHO threshold standard with a high proportion of patients lost to follow-up. The co-infection of tuberculosis and HIV resulted in undesirable treatment outcomes. Strengthening TB surveillance and control is recommended.

Keywords

treatment outcomes; DR-TB; MDR-TB; TB-HIV co-infection; treatment success rate

Subject

Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services

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