Risk factors for tuberculosis-related death among adults with drug-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis in Selangor, Malaysia from 2013 to 2019: a retrospective cohort study using surveillance data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Due to the paucity of literature on risk factors for tuberculosis (TB)-related death, we determine the sociodemographic and clinical risk factors associated with TB-related deaths among adult pulmonary TB (PTB) patients on treatment in Selangor, Malaysia.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Routinely collected primary care data from all government TB clinics in Selangor.

Participants

Data of 24 570 eligible adult PTB patients from 2013 to 2019 were obtained from Selangor's State Health Department surveillance records. We included PTB patients aged at least 15 years old at the time of diagnosis with complete documentation of the dates of diagnosis, treatment initiation, end of treatment/follow-up and treatment outcomes. We excluded patients who

SUBMITTER: Suhairi MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10900436 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature