dc.contributor.author | Omona, Kizito | |
dc.contributor.author | Opiyo, Mucha Albert | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-01T08:41:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-12-01T08:41:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-10-11 | |
dc.identifier.issn | eISSN: 1729-0503 | |
dc.identifier.issn | print ISSN: 1680-6905 | |
dc.identifier.other | DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v23i3.41 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/20.500.12280/3042 | |
dc.description.abstract | Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is increasingly recognized as emerging infectious disease of public health concern. Globally, 206030 people were diagnosed with MDR-TB in 2019, representing a 10% increase from 186883 people who had it in 2018. In Uganda, the prevalence of MDR among new TB cases is 4.4% and 17.7% among previously treated TB cases.
To determine the risk factors associated with MDR-TB among tuberculosis patients in Gulu regional referral hospital.
Material and Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study using both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection
and analysis was used. Data was collected from 384 TB patients using data extraction form and 6 Key informant interviews
conducted. Analysis using Pearson chi-square test was run.
HIV positive patients were 2.6 times more likely to be infected with MDR-TB than HIV negative patients [AOR=2.6:
95% CI 1.34– 5.85: P=0.006]. Previously treated TB patients were 2.8 times more likely to be infected with MDR-TB than newly
diagnosed TB patients [AOR=2.8: 95% CI 1.33– 5.85: P=0.006]. Defaulting TB patients were 3.1 times more likely to be infected
with MDR-TB than the non-defaulting TB patients [AOR=3.1].
There is high prevalence of drug resistance among patients attending TB treatment at the facility. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | African Journals Online (AJOL) | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | African Health Sciences;Vol. 23 No. 3 (2023) | |
dc.subject | MDR-TB | en_US |
dc.subject | Tuberculosis | en_US |
dc.subject | HIV | en_US |
dc.subject | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda | en_US |
dc.title | Assessment of risk factors associated with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Gulu regional referral hospital | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |