Treatment delay affects clinical severity of tuberculosis: a longitudinal cohort study

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作者
Virenfeldt, J. [1 ,2 ]
Rudolf, F. [1 ,2 ]
Camara, C. [1 ]
Furtado, A. [1 ]
Gomes, V. [1 ]
Aaby, P. [1 ,3 ]
Petersen, E. [2 ]
Wejse, C. [1 ,4 ]
机构
[1] INDEPTH Network, Bandim Hlth Project, Bissau, Guinea Bissau
[2] Aarhus Univ Hosp, Dept Infect Dis, Aarhus, Denmark
[3] Statens Serum Inst, Dept Epidemiol, Ctr Sci, DK-2300 Copenhagen, Denmark
[4] Aarhus Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Ctr Global Hlth, GloHAU, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
来源
BMJ OPEN | 2014年 / 4卷 / 06期
关键词
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC DELAY; CONTROL PROGRAM; MORTALITY; CARE; ETHIOPIA; TBSCORE; BURDEN;
D O I
10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004818
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Objectives: To describe the risk factors for treatment delay and the effect of delay on the severity of tuberculosis (TB) in a prospectively followed TB cohort at the Bandim Health Project in Guinea-Bissau. Background: Treatment delay in patients with TB is associated with increased mortality and transmission of disease. However, it is not well described whether delay influences clinical severity at diagnosis. Previously reported risk factors for treatment delay vary in different geographical and cultural settings. Such information has never been investigated in our setting. Change in delay over time is rarely reported and our prospectively followed TB cohort gives an opportunity to present such data. Participants: Patients were included at the time of diagnosis at three local TB clinics and the national TB reference hospital. Inclusion criteria were age >15 years and diagnosis of TB by either sputum examination or by the WHO clinical criteria. Patients with extrapulmonary TB were excluded. Primary and secondary outcome measures: The primary outcome was treatment delay. Delay was assessed by patient questionnaires. The secondary outcome was Bandim TBscore as a measure of TB morbidity and all-cause mortality. Results: A total of 1424 persons were diagnosed with TB in the study area between 2003 and 2010. We included 973 patients with TB in the study. The median treatment delay was 12.1 weeks. Risk factors for delay were low educational level, HIV-1+HIV-2 dual infection and negative sputum smear. TB treatment delay decreased by 10.3% (7.9-12.6%) per year during the study period. Delay was significantly associated with clinical severity at presentation with 20.8% severe TB cases in the low delay quartile compared with 33.9% if delay was over the median of 12.1 weeks. Conclusions: Long treatment delay was associated with more severe clinical presentation. Treatment delay in TB cases is decreasing in Guinea-Bissau.
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