A public-private model to scale up diabetes mellitus screening among people accessing tuberculosis diagnostics in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data are scarce regarding the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) among tuberculosis (TB) patients in Bangladesh. This study was undertaken to estimate the number needed to screen (NNS) to identify a case of DM among those with TB symptoms and those with confirmed TB disease, and to identify factors predicting treatment outcomes of TB patients with and without DM.

Methods

Persons attending public-private model screening centres in urban Dhaka for the evaluation of TB were offered free blood glucose testing in addition to computer-aided chest X-ray and sputum Xpert MTB/RIF.

Results

Among 7647 people evaluated for both TB and DM, the NNS was 35 (95% confidence interval (CI) 31-40) to diagnose one new case of DM; among those diagnosed with TB, the NNS was 21

SUBMITTER: Paul KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006482 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature