Determinants of tuberculosis treatment outcome under directly observed treatment short courses in Adama City, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death among infectious agents, ranking above HIV/AIDS. Though much effort has been done, Ethiopia remained one of those countries which share the greatest burden of TB. Evaluating the TB treatment outcome is one method of TB control measures. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to assess TB treatment outcome and its determinants under directly observed treatment short courses in Adama City, Central Ethiopia.

Method

An institutional based cross sectional study was conducted in all public and private health facilities of Adama city from March 1st 2016 to December 31st, 2016. The data were entered and analyzed by using SPSS version 21.0 statistical software. The results were presented using descriptive statistics. Univa

SUBMITTER: Tesema T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7190142 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature