Journal of Bacteriology & Parasitology

Incidence and predictors of two month's sputum non follow-up and patient's perceived quality of tuberculosis care, hoima district

Joint Meet on 16^th World Congress on INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL & 5^th International Conference on BACTERIOLOGY

September 16, 2020 | Webinar

Apolo Ayebale

Makerere University, Uganda

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Bacteriol Parasitol

Abstract:

Introduction: Tuberculosis treatment success in Hoima district was only 68% in 2017 compared to the national target of 85%. About 55% of the smear positive tuberculosis patients remain positive at the end of two months of medication Objective: The main objective was to determine the incidence, predictors of two months’ sputum non follow-up and explore patients’ perceived quality of care among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Hoima district. Methods: We used a concurrent nested mixed method, retrospective cohorts and phenomenology design. Results: The incidence of two months’ sputum non follow-up was 26.9% (95%CI = 7.0 – 64.4). The predictors associated with sputum non follow-up include positive versus negative HIV status (aIRR = 1.48, P<0.001), not on versus being on directly observed treatment (aIRR= 1.31 P=0.002), rural versus urban health facilities (aIRR=1.79, P=0.006), private versus government health facilities (aIRR=2.05, P=0.015), distance >5km versus ≤5km (aIRR = 1.38, P = 0.021.

Biography :

Apolo Ayebale has just completed his master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Makerere University, Uganda. He is an epidemiologist currently working as a volunteer with the Ministry of Health on some projects. He has worked as a clinician in government health facilities, treating patients for over ten years. He is currently working on three papers for publication.