ABSTRACT

Aim: To determine the successful and unsuccessful treatment outcomes of tuberculosis patients.

Study Design: Retrospective/Observational

Place and Duration of Study: Department of General Medicine, Islam Medical & Dental College Sialkot from 1^st October 2019 to 31^st March 2020.

Methods: Total 350 patients of both genders with ages 18 to 75 years presented with pulmonary tuberculosis were analyzed in this study. Patients detailed demographic including age, sex, socio-economic status, residence and smoking status were recorded after taking informed consent. Treatment outcomes was examined and were divided into six categories such as cured, treatment failure, treatment completed, died, transfer out and defaulted. Data was analyzed by SPSS 24.0.

Results: Out of 350 patients 215 (61.43%) were males while 135 (38.57%) were females. Majority of patients 168 (48%) were ages 41 to 60 years. According to the treatment outcomes; 141 (40.29%) patients were cured, 185 (52.86%) patients had treatment completed, 10 (2.86%) were defaulted, 8 (2.29%) were died, 3 (0.86%) patients had treatment failure and 3 (0.86%) were transfer out. The overall treatment successful rate was 93.15%.

Conclusion: It is concluded that majority of patients got cured and completed treatment. Low rate of unsuccessful treatment outcomes was observed in our study.