Tuberculosis related disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The sustainable development goals aim to improve health for all by 2030. They incorporate ambitious goals regarding tuberculosis (TB), which may be a significant cause of disability, yet to be quantified. Therefore, we aimed to quantify the prevalence and types of TB-related disabilities.

Methods

We performed a systematic review of TB-related disabilities. The pooled prevalence of disabilities was calculated using the inverse variance heterogeneity model. The maps of the proportions of common types of disabilities by country income level were created.

Results

We included a total of 131 studies (217,475 patients) that were conducted in 49 countries. The most common type of disabilities were mental health disorders (23.1%), respiratory impairment (20.7%), mus

SUBMITTER: Alene KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8426113 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature