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Prevalence of Malnutrition in Tuberculosis Patients on Treatment in A Tertiary Care Hospital
Dr. T. Silpa Raj, Dr. L. Siva Kumar, Dr. Y. Padma Sri
DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.10608661
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Abstract

Introduction :  Association  between  TB  and  malnutrition  is  bidirectional.  Under nutrition  increases  the  risk  of  progression  of  TB  infection  to  active  TB  and  further increases  metabolism  leading  to  weight  loss.  Hence  the  current  study  was  taken  up

Methodology :  Descriptive  cross  sectional  study  was  done  among  65  TB  patients who  were  started  on  anti  tuberculosis  treatment  in  April- June,2022  for  the  first  time. Sample  size  was  calculated  based  on  prevalence  of  malnutrition  among  TB  patients  that is  21%  (n= 4pq/L2).  Study  population  was  selected  by  simple  random  sampling. The  data was  collected  by  interviewing  the  patients  with  pretested  semi structured  questionnaire.

The  data was  entered  and  analyzed  using  SPSS  Software

RESULTS : 65  participants  were  taken  into  study  mean  age  was  48.31± 15.9 years; 70.77% were  men;  mean  BMI  was  18.8±  0.39 kg/m2;  70.8%  were  pulmonary  TB  and  29.2%  were  extra  pulmonary  TB;  9.23%  were  diabetics;  6.15%  were  reactive  to  HIV  ;prevalence of  malnutrition  among  study  subjects  was  46.2%  with  BMI<18.5 kg/m2

Discussion :The study revealed that 46.2% of study population are malnourished and was comparable to the study done by Berhanu Elfu Et Al where 57.17% were malnourished

Conclusions :  High  proportions(46.2%)  of  TB  patients  were  malnourished  so  high priority  to  be  given  to  improve  nutrition  among  TB  patients  in  NTEP

SUMMARY : Malnutrition  is  a  serious  problem  among  TB  patients , and  high  priority should  be  given  to  improve  nutrition  among  TB  patients , thus contributing  to  treatment success rate

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