FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTCOME OF ATT AMONG HIV-TB COINFECTED PATIENTS ATTENDING THE ART CENTRE OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF JHARKHAND: A PROSPECTIVE HOSPITAL BASED STUDY

Abstract

Background: Despite being preventable and curable, TB is the leading cause of HIV associated mortality. It is the most common opportunistic 3 infection among HIV positive individuals with CD4 cell count < 500/mm . Worldwide the number of people infected with both HIV& TB is rising. Objectives: To assess the treatment outcome of HIV-TB Co-infected patients on Anti Tubercular treatment (ATT) attending ART Centre, RIMS, Ranchi. Methods: It was a hospital based prospective study done at the ART centre of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi. Duration of study was 14 months. Atotal of 117 patients were registered during the study period and were followed up for outcome of ATT. Results: Out of 117 patients 4 were excluded and from remaining 113 patients, treatment success was found to be 88.5%. No signicant association was found among any of the socio-demographic variables and outcome of TB treatment. Conclusion: In this study it was concluded that sociodemographic prole had no signicant association (p>0.05) with the outcome of TB treatment and treatment success (Cured & Treatment completed) was found in 88.5% of the HIV-TB co-infected patients