Abstract:
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health threat throughout the world,
particularly in developing countries. Evaluating the treatment outcome of TB and identifying the
associated factors should be an integral part of TB treatment.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the treatment outcome of TB and its associated
factors among TB patients in the TB clinics of Begi Public Health Facilities, Western Ethiopia.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in one public hospital and five public health
centers of Begi district; a systematic random sampling technique was used to select the medical
records of TB patients who registered in the health facilities from1 January 2011 to December
31, 2017.
Data were collected using a pre-tested structured data extraction format. SPSS Version 20 was
used for data analysis. Binary logistic regression was employed to examine the associations
between TB treatment outcome and factors associated variables at 95% confidence level. A
sample of 204 male and 212 female tuberculosis patients was included in the study.
Results: The odds of favorable TB treatment outcome were about 3.6, 2.8 and 3.9 folds
significantly higher among TB patients aged 11-20 years [AOR=3.609(1.183, 11.008)], aged 21-
30 years [AOR= [2.817(1.033, 7.680)] and aged 31-40 years [AOR=3.952(1.273, 12.264))]
compared to TB patients aged <11 years old, respectively. TB patients not with coinfection were
four times likely to have favorable outcome compared to those TB patients with HIV infection
and this was found to be statistically significant (AOR=3.952(1.273, 12.664).
Conclusion and recommendation. In the current study, the rate of successfultreatment outcome
was acceptable and met the World Health Organization target. This rate shall be maintained
and further improved by designing appropriate monitoring strategies.
