TREATMENT OUTCOME OF TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN SUDDHODHAN RURAL MUNICIPALITY, RUPANDEHI, NEPAL: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Keywords:
Tuberculosis, Outcome, PatientsAbstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is a public health problem in Nepal that affects thousands of people each year and is the sixth leading cause of death in the country. The objective of study was to find out the treatment outcome of the tuberculosis patient of Suddhodhan rural municipality.
Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study design was used in study. The study was done in Suddhodhan rural municipality, Province no.5, Rupandehi District. 110 Patient who had undergone DOTS treatment were study unit.
Results: The finding of this study showed that majority of patients was not cured i.e. 92.7% and only 7.3% of patients were cured in this study. In this study the patient from nuclear family was statistically significant with the positive treatment outcome (p=0.000)
Conclusions: Although DOTS is most successful programme in treatment of TB in Nepal. Most of patient undergoing treatment was not fully cured.
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