Health

Volume 6, Issue 5 (February 2014)

ISSN Print: 1949-4998   ISSN Online: 1949-5005

Google-based Impact Factor: 0.74  Citations  

Treatment success rate of tuberculosis patients in Dabat, northwest Ethiopia

HTML  Download Download as PDF (Size: 136KB)  PP. 306-310  
DOI: 10.4236/health.2014.65044    5,631 Downloads   8,146 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

Evaluating the outcomes of DOTS program is essential for recognizing and amending system failures before the incidence and proportion of resistant isolates rise. In this study, we seek to evaluate the impact of DOTS strategy on tuberculosis treatment success rate in Dabat, northwest Ethiopia. Medical records of 1305 pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients registered from 2007 to 2012 at two health centers in Dabat district, northwest Ethiopia, were reviewed. Treatment outcomes and forms of tuberculosis were assessed according to WHO guidelines. Descriptive analyses were performed using frequencies and percentages. Treatment success rate was observed in 1146 (87.8%) patients. Out of these, 534 (89.1%) of the males and 612 (86.7%) of the females were successfully treated. It was also true in 338 (87.8%) of the smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients, 473 (85.7%) of the smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients, and 335 (91.0%) of the extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients. In conclusion, treatment success rate in the current study was slightly higher than the WHO international updated target for the period 2011 to 2015. However, this doesn’t mean that there will be no need for further enhancement of supervision and monitoring techniques, strengthening counseling and health education programs, and improving the quality of laboratory diagnostic services.

Share and Cite:

Tadesse, S. and Tadesse, T. (2014) Treatment success rate of tuberculosis patients in Dabat, northwest Ethiopia. Health, 6, 306-310. doi: 10.4236/health.2014.65044.

Cited by

[1] Factors associated with treatment outcome of tuberculosis in Bale Robe General Hospital, Southeastern Ethiopia: A retrospective study.
Gulhane Medical …, 2022
[2] Trends of unsuccessful treatment outcomes and associated factors among tuberculosis patients in public hospitals of Bale Zone, Southeast Ethiopia: A 5-year …
Heliyon, 2021
[3] Treatment outcomes among adult drug sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in a private tertiary hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria: a retrospective study
2021
[4] Analysis of Tuberculosis Cases Notification and Treatment Outcomes Among Refugee Camps In Kenya: Four Year Retrospective Study, 2014-2017
2020
[5] Tuberculosis treatment outcomes and associated factors among TB patients attending public hospitals in Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia: a five-year …
2019
[6] Trend in magnitude of tuberculosis in Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a five-year tuberculosis surveillance data analysis
2019
[7] Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes and Associated Factors among TB Patients Attending Public Hospitals in Harar Town, Eastern Ethiopia: A Five-Year Retrospective …
2019
[8] Determinants of treatment failure among tuberculosis patients in Kandahar City, Afghanistan: A 5-year retrospective cohort study
2019
[9] Treatment outcomes and their trend among tuberculosis patients treated at peripheral health settings of Northern Ethiopia between 2009 and 2014: a registry …
2019
[10] Trends in Treatment Success Rate and Associated Factors among Tuberculosis Patients in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
2018
[11] Factors Affecting Treatment Outcome of Tuberculosis among Tuberculosis Patients in West Ethiopia
Journal of Bioanalysis & Biomedicine, 2018
[12] Factors associated with unsuccessful treatment outcome in tuberculosis patients among refugees and their surrounding communities in Gambella Regional …
PLOS ONE, 2018
[13] Poor treatment outcomes and its determinants among tuberculosis patients in selected health facilities in East Wollega, Western Ethiopia
PLOS ONE, 2018
[14] Treatment outcomes of tuberculosis patients under directly observed treatment short-course at Debre Tabor General Hospital, northwest Ethiopia: nine-years …
2018
[15] AN EVALUATION OF TREATMENT OUTCOME IN TUBERCULOSIS DIRECTLY OBSERVED TREATMENT SHORT COURSE FACILITIES IN JIGAWA STATE …
2017
[16] Rifampicin-Versus Ethambutol-Based Continuation Phase Anti Tuberculosis Treatment Regimen is among Factors Associated with Treatment Outcomes in …
2017
[17] Do retreatment tuberculosis patients need special treatment response follow-up beyond the standard regimen? Finding of five-year retrospective study in …
2017
[18] A retrospective study on tuberculosis treatment outcomes at Jinka General Hospital, southern Ethiopia
2017
[19] AN EVALUATION OF TREATMENT OUTCOME IN TUBERCULOSIS DIRECTLY OBSERVED TREATMENT SHORT COURSE FACILITIES IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA(2010–2014)
JUMMEC, 2017
[20] Treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients under directly observed treatment short course and its determinants in Shangla, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: A …
2017
[21] Rifampicin-Versus Ethambutol-Based Continuation Phase Anti Tuberculosis Treatment Regimen Is among Factors Associated with Treatment Outcomes …
2017
[22] Impacts of Hiv Co-Infection and Mdr-Tb on the Treatment Outcome of Tuberculosis in Patients who Attended the two Shambu Health Centers In 2010-2015.
2017
[23] Rifampicin-Versus Ethambutol-Based Continuation Phase Anti Tuberculosis Treatment Regimen Is among Factors Associated with Treatment Outcomes in …
2017
[24] Research Article Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of (Transfer-Out) Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Gondar, Ethiopia
2016
[25] Treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients under directly observed treatment short course and factors affecting outcome in southern Ethiopia: a five-year …
2016
[26] Treatment Outcome of Tuberculosis Patients under Directly Observed Treatment Short Course and Factors Affecting Outcome in Southern Ethiopia: A Five-Year Retrospective Study
PloS one, 2016
[27] Tuberculosis case notification and treatment outcomes in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a five-year retrospective study
Journal of Tuberculosis Research, 2016
[28] Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of “Transfer-Out” Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Gondar, Ethiopia
Tuberculosis Research and Treatment, 2016
[29] Factors associated with treatment outcome of tuberculosis in Bale Robe General Hospital, Southeastern Ethiopia: A retrospective study
[30] Tuberculosis Treatment Outcome and Associated Factors Among Tuberculosis Patients Under Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course at Arba Minch General …

Copyright © 2024 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc.

Creative Commons License

This work and the related PDF file are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.