Userfull Links
Why us?
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 |
Follow Us
About Us
IJMPR is an international open access source for a high quality and peer reviewed journal in the fields of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. IJMPR publishes research papers across all academic disciplines in the fields of Medical, Pharmaceutical Sciences.