Social Contact Patterns Associated With Tuberculosis: A Case-control Study in Southwest Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern worldwide. Social contact patterns can affect the epidemiology and risk of airborne diseases such as TB. This study was designed to investigate the social contact patterns associated with TB.

Methods

In this case-control study, groups of participants with and without TB were matched by age and sex. Participants reported the nature, location, frequency, and average duration of social contacts over 1 month. The duration and number of social and spatial contacts were compared between groups using the chi-square test and the t-test. Odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to quantify the relationship between social contact time and TB status. Data were analyzed using Stata version 11 statistica

SUBMITTER: Amoori N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9561143 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature