Improving tuberculosis treatment success rate through nutrition supplements and counselling: Findings from a pilot intervention in India
| Autor: | Latashree Goswami, A. K. Siddhanta, Ajay Kumar Singh |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Tuberculosis Epidemiology Population Intervention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Intervention (counseling) Food distribution Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine education education.field_of_study 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Nutrition food baskets business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Malnutrition Infectious Diseases Community mobilization Counselling medicine.symptom Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 business Weight gain |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, Vol 11, Iss, Pp 100782-(2021) |
| ISSN: | 2213-3984 |
| Popis: | In India, the estimated incidence of tuberculosis cases for the year 2018 was 2.69 million. According to WHO, it was responsible for 32 deaths/100,000 population. India also faces a dual burden of tuberculosis and malnutrition which represents an alarming situation. With this backdrop, the current study tries to assess the change in weight and BMI among active TB patients in selected intervention and control site. The study also measures the treatment success rate of the patients. This pilot study was conducted among 282 active TB patients in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh state of Central India and the results were compared with a control site. The intervention included, providing the identified TB patients with monthly nutrition food baskets, nutrition counselling, linking to treatment and promoting its adherence, community mobilization and management and linkages to government schemes. The data for this study was taken from the project Management Information System (MIS). The results indicate that the mean weight for both male and female TB patients increased significantly during each food distribution episode. At the beginning of the intervention the mean weight of the TB patient was 42.9 kg which increased gradually to 49.3 kgs at the end of the intervention. Treatment success rate in the intervention group was recorded as 95% whereas in the control group it was 83.5%. The study strongly confirms that the nutritional supplements and regular counselling can help TB patients gain weight and have greater treatment success rate. |
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