Hospitalizations and Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Urogenital Tuberculosis in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2016-2018.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 18(9)2021 04 30.
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ABSTRACT
Despite the global shift to ambulatory tuberculosis (TB) care, hospitalizations remain common in Uzbekistan. This study examined the duration and determinants of hospitalizations among adult patients (≥18 years) with urogenital TB (UGTB) treated with first-line anti-TB drugs during 2016-2018 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This was a cohort study based on the analysis of health records. Of 142 included patients, 77 (54%) were males, the mean (±standard deviation) age was 40 ± 16 years, and 68 (48%) were laboratory-confirmed. A total of 136 (96%) patients were hospitalized during the intensive phase, and 12 (8%) had hospital admissions during the continuation phase of treatment. The median length of stay (LOS) during treatment was 56 days (Interquartile range 56-58 days). LOS was associated with history of migration (adjusted incidence rate ratio (aIRR) 0.46, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.32-0.69, p < 0.001); UGTB-related surgery (aIRR 1.18, 95% CI 1.01-1.38, p = 0.045); and hepatitis B comorbidity (aIRR 3.18, 95% CI 1.98-5.39, p < 0.001). The treatment success was 94% and it was not associated with the LOS. Hospitalization was almost universal among patients with UGTB in Uzbekistan. Future research should focus on finding out what proportion of hospitalizations were not clinically justified and could have been avoided.
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Assunto principal:
Tuberculose Urogenital
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
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Europa
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En
Revista:
Int J Environ Res Public Health
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article
País de afiliação:
Uzbequistão