Affiliation:
1. MD Community Medicine District Tuberculosis Officer (DTO), Kullu , Himachal Pradesh
2. MD Community Medicine Faculty, Regional Health and Family Welfare T r a i n i n g C e n t re ( R H F W T C ) K a n g r a a t C h h e b, H i m a c h a l Pradesh
3. MD Paediatrics Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Kullu,Himachal Pradesh
Abstract
ntroduction:Tuberculosis (TB) is the largest infectious disease killer in the world.The double burden of TB and DM has
recently emerged as an important public health problem in India highlighting the importance of screening TB patients
for DM on a routine basis.The importance of HIV surveillance in TB patients is increasingly being realized as the HIV
epidemic continues to fuel the global TB epidemic.This study was planned with the main objective of determining the
prevalence of DM and HIV among TB patients.Materials and methods:It was an institutional based study with secondary
data analysis of first quarter (January -March 2022) notified cases of Tuberculosis in District Kullu, Himachal Pradesh.
Data collected was coded and then entered in Microsoft-excel spreadsheet and was analysed using SPSS version 24.
Results:Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and HIV among the TB cases was found to be 3.4% and 0.3% respectively.
Also,type of TB was not found to be significantly associated with any characterstic of the patients.Conclusion:The actual
count may be much higher, so rigrous screening for DM and HIV among TB patients is need of every hour so that better
treatment outcomes are achieved.
Subject
Polymers and Plastics,Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous),General Engineering,General Materials Science,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Materials Chemistry,Polymers and Plastics,Biomedical Engineering,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,General Chemistry,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials,Materials Chemistry,Polymers and Plastics,Materials Chemistry,Polymers and Plastics,Ceramics and Composites,Materials Chemistry,Polymers and Plastics,General Chemistry,Polymers and Plastics,General Chemical Engineering,General Chemistry,General Engineering,Polymers and Plastics,Organic Chemistry
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