Assessment Of Knowledge And Evaluation Of Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes Among General And Diseased Populations In North East Libya
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Date
2012-03
Authors
Solliman, Mukhtar A. Muftah
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) still remains a leading cause of adult mortality and
morbidity with an estimated 9 million new cases detected around the globe
annually. Libya has faced gradual increase in the prevalence of TB from
2000 to 2006 and this had posed considerable challenges for the healthcare
providers to manage TB timely and effectively. Within this context,
assessment of TB related knowledge among general and diseased population
is necessary in order to plan effective public health curative and preventive
programs. In addition, evaluation of treatment outcomes can further lead to
identify gaps that need to be addressed while designing appropriate health
based interventions. A cross sectional study was conducted from 1st January 2009 to 31st
December 2009. The study was divided into two sections. For the first
section, a pre-validated questionnaire covering 32 questions on the sociodemographics,
causes, symptoms, transmission, diagnosis, risk factors,
treatment and prevention of TB was administered to 1000 consented healthy
participants from five Libyan cities (Benghazi, Almarj, Albayda, Darna and
Tobruk). Secondly, the same questionnaire was also administered to newly
register pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Quefia and Shahat Chest
Hospitals in North East of Libya. In the second part of this study, medical
records of all pulmonary tuberculosis patients registered in Quefia and
Shahat Chest Hospitals during January 2007 to December 2008 were
extracted retrospectively to evaluate treatment outcomes of pulmonary
tuberculosis patients.
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Evaluation of tuberculosis treatment outcomes among , general and diseased populations in North East Libya