Mycobacterial Diseases
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-1068
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2161-1068
+44 1478 350008
Basha Ayele
College of Health Science and Medicine,
Dilla
Ethiopia
Research Article
Treatment Outcome of Tuberculosis in Selected Health Facilities of Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Retrospective Study
Author(s): Basha Ayele and Getachew Nenko
Basha Ayele and Getachew Nenko
Background: TB continues to be a major public health problem in Ethiopia, which ranks eighth by estimated number of cases among the 22 TB high-burden countries. The impact of the programme on treatment outcomes and the trend in the service coverage for tuberculosis has not been assessed ever since. The aim of the study was to assess trends in the expansion of DOTS and treatment outcomes for tuberculosis in Gedeo zone, southern Ethiopia.
Methods: 3722 TB patients in Gedeo zone, four health facilities were analysed from September 2009 to August 2014. Data entry was done by EPiData 3.1 and descriptive analysis and multinomial logistic regression modelling for categorical outcome were carried out using STATA version12. Logistic regression is used to model categorical outcome variable, to estimate the relative risk and its corresponding 95% confi.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-1068.1000194