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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes among Migrants with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Japan, 2009-2018.

Sangnim Lee, Myo Nyein Aung, Lisa Kawatsu, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Reiko Miyahara, Jin Takasaki, Akihiro Ohkado, Motoyuki Yuasa

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Sangnim LeeDepartment of Global Health Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4218-4015
Myo Nyein AungDepartment of Global Health Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8175-6309
Lisa KawatsuDepartment of Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Kiyose City, Tokyo 204-8533, Japan.
Kazuhiro UchimuraDepartment of Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Kiyose City, Tokyo 204-8533, Japan.
Reiko MiyaharaCenter for Surveillance, Immunization, and Epidemiologic Research, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan.
Jin TakasakiDisease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.
Akihiro OhkadoDepartment of Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Kiyose City, Tokyo 204-8533, Japan.
Motoyuki YuasaDepartment of Global Health Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2132-7275
Japan Anti Tuberculosis Association · JPJuntendo University · JPNational Center for Global Health and Medicine · JPNational Institute of Infectious Diseases · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to describe characteristics and treatment outcomes of overseas-born pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients in Japan, and identify the factors associated with "treatment non-success". We conducted a retrospective analysis of overseas-born patients with drug-susceptible PTB using cohort data of PTB cases newly registered in the Japan tuberculosis (TB) surveillance system between 2009 and 2018. Overall, 9151 overseas-born PTB cases were included in this study, and 70.3% were aged 34 years old or younger. "Students of high school and higher" (28.6%) and "regular workers other than service related sectors" (28.5%) accounted for over half of the study population, and they have continued to increase. Overall, the treatment success rate was 67.1%. Transferred-out constituted the largest proportion (14.8%) among the treatment non-success rate (32.9%). Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed patients whose health insurance type was "others and unknown", including the uninsured (adjusted OR (AOR) = 3.43: 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) 2.57-4.58), those diagnosed as TB within "one year" (AOR = 2.61, 95% CI 1.97-3.46) and "1-5 years" (AOR = 2.44, 95% CI 1.88-3.17) of arrival in Japan, and males (AOR = 1.34, 95% CI 1.16-1.54), which were the main factors associated with treatment non-success. These findings imply that Japan needs to develop TB control activities considering the increasing trends of overseas-born PTB patients, the majority of whom are young and highly mobile. There is a need to pay greater attention to overseas-born PTB patients diagnosed within a short duration after entering Japan, who may be socially and economically disadvantaged for their treatment completion.

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TuberculosisTuberculosis, PulmonaryAdultFemaleHumansJapanMaleRetrospective StudiesTreatment Outcomeforeign-bornJapanmigrantoverseas-borntreatment outcometuberculosis

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