TREATMENT SUCCESS RATE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN HABABO GUDURU WOREDA, HORO GUDURU WOLLEGA ZONE, NORTH WEST ETHIOPIA,

Abstract

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious and a curable disease caused by five closely related mycobacterium and has always been regarded as a major danger to public health problem. However, little is known about TB treatment success rate and associated factors among TB patients in low income countries like Ethiopia. This study aimed to understand and associated factors of tuberculosis treatment success rate. Objective: To assess treatment success rate and associated factors among tuberculosis patients registered in Hababo Guduru Woreda public health facilities from September 2011 to October 2016. 12 Methods and Materials: Health facility based cross sectional study by using secondary data was used to assess the treatment success rate and associated factors among review 424 records of all forms of TB patients in Hababo Guduru Woreda Public health facilities. Secondary data were collected by nurses using a structured sheet specially designed for this study from the register. Data were entered EpiData statistical software version 3.1 and analyzed by SPSS version 20 computer software. Bi variable and multivariable logistic regressions were used to assess the relationship between treatment success rate and independent variables. Adjusted odds ratios along with 95%CI were estimated to measure the strength of the association and identify factors associated with the outcome variable. In this study, level of statistical significance was declared at p-value less or equal to 0.05. Results: TB treatment success rate from all patient in the last six years was 91.7% and in the final multivariable logistic model, age 15-34 years [(AOR=3.65, 95%CI: (1.27-10.51)] and urban residence [(AOR=0.23, 95CI :( 0.09-0.59) were significantly associated with treatment success rate. Conclusion and Recommendation: This study shows that successful TB treatment success rate of patients that attended their anti-TB treatment at Hababo Guduru woreda was high. This woreda had met the target success rate set by WHO. Hababo Guduru woreda and Non-Governmental Organizations that work on TB treatment and prevention should maintain and strengthen this treatment success rate and directs efforts towards vigorous researches to identify more factors associated with TB treatment success rate.