ArticleBMC research notes2015
Directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS) for treatment of new tuberculosis cases in Somali Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia: ten years retrospective study.
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- The impact of pastoralist mobility on tuberculosis control in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-synthesis.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2019Pooled it
- Predicting College Students' Bike-Sharing Intentions Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Trends and outcomes of tuberculosis among cases on directly observed short course treatment (DOTS) at Tepi public health center Southwest Ethiopia.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2021Article
- Effect of Health Education Combined with Dietary Guidance on Nutritional Indicator, Immune Level, and Quality of Life of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2021Observational
- Lived experiences of tuberculosis patients and their implications for early tuberculosis case identification and management in pastoralist community setting: a qualitative study in Borena zone, Oromia region of Ethiopia.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Factors associated with poor treatment outcome of tuberculosis in Debre Tabor, northwest Ethiopia.BMC research notes · 2018Article
- A retrospective study on tuberculosis treatment outcomes at Jinka General Hospital, southern Ethiopia.BMC research notes · 2017Article
- Evaluating treatment outcomes and durations among cases of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in Yemen: a prospective follow-up study.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundA third of the world population is infected with tuberculosis (TB) bacilli. TB accounts for 25% of all avoidable deaths in developing countries. The objective of the study was to assess impact of directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS) strategy on new tuberculosis case finding and treatment outcomes in Somali Regional State, Ethiopia from 2003 up to 2012 and from 2004 up to 2013, respectively.
methodsA health facility based retrospective study was employed. Quarterly reports were collected using World Health Organization (WHO) reporting format for TB case finding and treatment outcome from all zones in the region to the Federal Ministry of Health.
resultsA total of 31, 198 all types of new TB cases were registered and reported during the period from 2003 up to 2012, in the region. Out of these, smear positive pulmonary TB cases were 12,466 (40%), and 10,537 (33.8%) and 8195 (26.2%) for smear negative pulmonary TB and extra-pulmonary TB cases, respectively. An average case detection rate (CDR) of 19.1% (SD 3.6) and treatment success rate (TSR) of 85.5% (SD 5.0) for smear positive pulmonary TB were reported for the specified years period. For the overall study period, trend chi-squire analysis for CDR was X(2) = 2.1; P > 0.05 and X(2) = 5.64; P < 0.05 for TSR.
conclusionsThe recommended TSR set by WHO was achieved (85.5%) and the CDR reported was far below (19.1%) from the recommended target. Extensive efforts should be established to maintain the achieved TSR and to increase the low CDR for the smear positive pulmonary TB cases through implementing alternative case finding strategies.
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