Effectiveness of directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) on treatment of tuberculosis patients in public health facilities of Debre Tabor Town, Ethiopia: retrospective study

The objective of this study is to assess effectiveness of directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) in treatment of tuberculosis (TB) patients in all public health facilities of Debre Tabor town, Ethiopia from January 2016 to December 2017. Among 354 TB patients, 53.1% were males. Furthermore...

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Published in:BMC research notes 2019-07, Vol.12 (1), p.396-396, Article 396
Main Authors: Genet, Chalachew, Melese, Addisu, Worede, Abebaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use
Care and treatment
Child
Debre Tabor
Directly Observed Therapy - methods
Directly Observed Therapy - statistics & numerical data
DOTS effectiveness
Ethiopia - epidemiology
Female
Health facilities
HIV
HIV Infections - diagnosis
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - virology
Humans
Male
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects
Outcome Assessment, Health Care - methods
Outcome Assessment, Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Patient outcomes
Public health
Research Note
Retrospective Studies
Sputum - microbiology
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis - drug therapy
Tuberculosis - epidemiology
Tuberculosis - microbiology
World health
World Health Organization
Young Adult
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Summary:The objective of this study is to assess effectiveness of directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) in treatment of tuberculosis (TB) patients in all public health facilities of Debre Tabor town, Ethiopia from January 2016 to December 2017. 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 
ISSN:1756-0500
1756-0500
DOI:10.1186/s13104-019-4424-8