Reflecting on tuberculosis case notification and treatment outcomes in the Volta region of Ghana:a retrospective pool analysis of a multicentre cohort from 2013 to 2017
作者机构：Department of Population and Behavioural SciencesSchool of Public HealthUniversity of Health and Allied SciencesHoGhana Department of EpidemiologySchool of Public HealthUniversity of Health and Allied SciencesHoGhana
出 版 物：《Global Health Research and Policy》 (全球健康研究与政策（英文）)
年 卷 期：2019年第4卷第1期
页 面：1-13页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Tuberculosis Case notification Treatment outcomes Volta region Ghana
摘 要：Background:Tuberculosis(TB)remains a petrified condition with a huge economic and health impact on families and health systems in *** of TB programme performance indicators can provide reliable data for direct measurement of TB incidence and *** study reflects on the trends of TB case notification and treatment outcomes and makes comparison among 10 districts of the Volta region of ***:This was a retrospective analysis of surveillance data of a cohort of TB cases from 2013 to *** of case notification and treatment outcomes were examined and *** regression was used to determine the independent relationship between patients and disease characteristics and unsuccessful treatment *** ratios,95%confidence intervals and p-values were ***:A gradual declining trend of case notification of all forms of TB was noticed,with an overall case notification rate(CNR)of 65 cases per 100,000 population during the period.A wide variation of case notification of TB was observed among the districts,ranging from 32 to 124 cases per 100,000 ***,treatment success rate decreased slightly from 83.1%during the first year to 80.2%in 2017,with an overall treatment success rate of 82.5%(95%CI:81.3-83.8%).Treatment failure,death,and lost to follow up rates were 0.8%(range 0.5-1.2%),13.5%(range 12.4-14.7%),and 3.1%(range 2.6-3.8%)*** treatment success rate among districts ranged from 70.5%in South Tongu to 90.8%in Krachi West *** after treatment interruption(Adjusted odds ratio[AOR]:3.62;95%CI:1.66-7.91;P90%set by the World Health Organiz
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