Background:
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public
health challenge. There is need to continuously evaluate TB treatment outcomes
especially at this time of a global economic meltdown which has significant
impact in resource poor countries like Nigeria.
Objectives: To
determine the treatment outcomes and associated factors among patients treated
at a TB treatment centre in Nigeria.
Methods:
This study retrospectively reviewed the 5-year
treatment outcomes of patients treated for TB at a tertiary health facility in
Nigeria. All the data were retrieved from the patient’s folders at the TB
clinic and entered into a pro forma. Data was analysed with SPSS version 25.
Chi-squared test was used to test for associations between the background
characteristics and treatment outcomes with significant level placed at p-value
≤0.05. All statistically significant variables on bivariate analysis were
imputed into logistic regression to determine the predictors of unsuccessful
treatment outcome.
Results: A
total of 483 patients were studied. More of the patients had successful
outcomes (58.3%). Those aged <30 years had about 2times odds of having an
unsuccessful treatment outcome when compared to those > 30years of age.
Those residing in rural area has 1.5 times odds of having unsuccessful outcome
when compared to those residing in the urban areas. Also HIV positive patients
had about 2 times odd of having an unsuccessful treatment outcome when compared
to the HIV negative patients.
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