Assessment Of Knowledge And Evaluation Of Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes Among General And Diseased Populations In North East Libya

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dc.contributor.authorSolliman, Mukhtar A. Muftah
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-25T07:10:30Z
dc.date.available2019-06-25T07:10:30Z
dc.date.issued2012-03
dc.description.abstractTuberculosis (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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8376
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.subjectEvaluation of tuberculosis treatment outcomes amongen_US
dc.subjectgeneral and diseased populations in North East Libyaen_US
dc.titleAssessment Of Knowledge And Evaluation Of Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes Among General And Diseased Populations In North East Libyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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