ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2023
Magnitude of undernutrition and associated factors among adult tuberculosis patients attending public health facilities in Haramaya District, Eastern Ethiopia.
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- Magnitude and determinants of undernutrition among tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence and risk factors of malnutrition in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
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- Nutritional status and associated factors among adult patients with tuberculosis in public hospitals of Sidama Region, Ethiopia.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Magnitude of undernutrition and associated factors among adult tuberculosis patients in West Shoa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Under-nutrition among adult tuberculosis patients completing intensive-phase treatment at public health facilities in Kembata Zone, Central Ethiopia Region.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Dietary diversity and associated factors among people with tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda: A cross-sectional study.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2025Article
- The prevalence of undernutrition and associated risk factors in people with tuberculosis in Lao People's Democratic Republic.PloS one · 2025Article
- Tuberculosis treatment outcomes and their determinants among patients attending Hargeisa TB Hospital: a five-year retrospective study.The Pan African medical journal · 2025Article
- Coverage, delivery models, and implementation challenges of the community driven nutritional supplementation initiative for people with TB: A mixed methods study from Puducherry, India.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- Negative effects of undernutrition on sputum smear conversion and treatment success among retreatment cases in Uganda: A quasi-experimental study.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundTuberculosis is one of the top ten causes of illness, death, and disability throughout the world. Undernutrition reduces immunity, which makes latent tuberculosis more likely to become active tuberculosis. Tuberculosis makes these conditions worse. The body of a person suffering from TB has an increased demand for energy, which often causes a TB patient to lose a significant amount of weight and this can worsen acute undernutrition. The aim of this study was to assess the magnitude of undernutrition and its associated factors among adult TB patients in public health facilities in Haramaya district, eastern Ethiopia.
methodsInstitution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 330 adult tuberculosis patients on follow-up in public health facility of Haramaya District, eastern Ethiopia from January 10, 2021 to February 20, 2021. An anthropometric assessment was done after a face-to-face interview using a pretested structured questionnaire. SPSS 24 was used to analyze the data. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression model was used to identify factors associated with undernutrition.
resultsThe overall prevalence of undernutrition was 43.6% (95% CI 38.2-49.1%). Proportion of severe, moderate and mild undernutrition was 11.8%, 12.4%, and 19.4%, respectively. Age group of 18-24 years (AOR = 4.12; 95% CI 1.36-12.51), not have formal education (AOR = 1.76; 95% CI 1.01-3.08), having large family size (AOR = 2.62; 95% CI 1.43-4.82), low dietary diversity (AOR = 2.96; 95% CI 1.75-4.99), lack of latrine (AOR = 2.14; 95% CI 1.26-3.65), history of TB treatment (AOR = 2.56; 95% CI 1.19-5.54) and taking intensive phase of anti-TB drugs (AOR = 3.18; 95% CI 1.62-6.25) were factors found significantly associated with under nutrition.
conclusionThe prevalence of undernutrition was high. Age, educational status, family size, dietary diversity, toilet facility, history of tuberculosis medication and intensive phase of anti-TB drugs were found significantly associated with undernutrition. The nutritional derangement could call for fast nutritional intervention in the management of pulmonary tuberculosis patients.
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