SynthesisThe Indian journal of medical research2015
Pulmonary tuberculosis among tribals in India: A systematic review & meta-analysis.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic review of barriers to and enablers of tuberculosis diagnosis, notification, and intervention for designing customised intervention package to minimise 'missing millions' in tribal communities of India.Journal of global health · 2025Pooled it
- Malnutrition in tribal people living with tuberculosis in India: A systematic review & meta-analysis.The Indian journal of medical research · 2024Pooled it
- Multimorbidity among indigenous tribal communities in Kerala, India: a cross-sectional study (2022-2024).The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2026Article
- miRNA in Diagnosis and Therapeutics of Tuberculosis: Importance in Latent and Brain Associated Pathologies.Current pharmaceutical design · 2026Review
- Burden on the burdened: tuberculosis among Scheduled Tribes and non-Scheduled Tribes in constitutionally protected Scheduled and non-Scheduled areas of India.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2025Article
- Post-intervention Psychosocial Outcomes Among Tuberculosis Patients in India: The Role of Community Engagement.Cureus · 2025Article
- Psychiatry research and prevalence of psychiatric disorders among tribal populations of India: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
- Qualitative study of acceptability, benefits, and feasibility of a food-based intervention among participants and stakeholders of the RATIONS trial.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Tracing the Disparity Between Healthcare Policy-Based Infrastructure and Health Belief-Lead Practices: a Narrative Review on Indigenous Populations of India.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Review
- Tribal Health: A Public Health Exigency and Road Map to Future.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2024Article
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- Hospitalisation expenditure on tuberculosis among tribal populations in India: A repeated cross-sectional analysis of national sample survey data, 2004 to 2018.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- The Predicted Potential Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Epidemic in Tamil Nadu, South India.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- The Prevalence of Self-Reported Tuberculosis in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India: Evidence from the NFHS-IV and V.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Short Comprehensive Multimodal Behavioural Intervention for Tuberculosis-Can It Be Effectively Incorporated in Tribal Health?Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Article
- Assessment of knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP) regarding directly observed therapy (DOT) in tuberculosis among ASHA workers from tribal subpopulation zone of Rajasthan.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Socioepidemiological status and clinical outcome of MDR TB patients in a tertiary medical college in Southern Odisha.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- High incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in an indigenous Saharia tribe in Madhya Pradesh, central India-A prospective cohort study.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis in India: A Syntheses of Activities and Outcomes Reported by the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2021Review
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain lineage in mixed tribal population across India and Andaman Nicobar Island.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2021Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND &
objectivesThere has been limited investigation on the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in tribal communities in India, a vulnerable section of Indian society. The lack of a population-based estimate prompted us to conduct a meta-analysis of existing studies to provide a single, population-based estimate of the TB prevalence for tribals.
methodsLiterature search was conducted in PubMed using the keywords - "tuberculosis", "tribals", "India", "prevalence", and "survey". References cited in the articles retrieved were also reviewed, and those found relevant were selected. TB prevalence rates estimated by the studies were used for our calculation of a pooled-estimate.
resultsThe pooled estimate, based on the random effects model, was 703 per 100,000 population with a 95 % CI of 386-1011. The associated heterogeneity measures in terms of Cochran's Q was significant ( p=0 0.08 <0.1) and I [2] was moderate at 48 per cent. INTERPRETATION &
conclusionsThe meta-analysis demonstrated a large variability in pulmonary TB prevalence estimates among the different studies with poor representation of the various tribal groups. The moderate level of heterogeneity found across the studies suggests that the pooled-estimate needs to be treated with caution. Our findings also highlight the need to assess the pulmonary TB burden in India.
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