Mortality during treatment for tuberculosis; a review of surveillance data in a rural county in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally in 2016, 1.7 million people died of Tuberculosis (TB). This study aimed to estimate all-cause mortality rate, identify features associated with mortality and describe trend in mortality rate from treatment initiation.

Method

A 5-year (2012-2016) retrospective analysis of electronic TB surveillance data from Kilifi County, Kenya. The outcome was all-cause mortality within 180 days after starting TB treatment. The risk factors examined were demographic and clinical features at the time of starting anti-TB treatment. We performed survival analysis with time at risk defined from day of starting TB treatment to time of death, lost-to-follow-up or completing treatment. To account for 'lost-to-follow-up' we used competing risk analysis method to examine risk fac

SUBMITTER: Abdullahi OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6622488 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature