2026-04-17T03:51:15Zhttps://recercat.cat/oai/requestoai:recercat.cat:11351/116512025-10-24T10:21:40Zcom_2072_378070com_2072_378040col_2072_378092
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Vita, Domingos
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Kansietoko, Debora Cristina Maindo Sebastiao
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Aznar, María Luisa
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Martínez-Campreciós, Joan
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Molina Romero, Israel
2025-10-24T10:21:40Z
2025-10-24T10:21:40Z
2024-07-01T11:41:52Z2024-07-01T11:41:52Z2024-06-12
http://hdl.handle.net/11351/11651
Food insecurity; Loss to follow-up; TuberculosisInseguretat alimentària; Pèrdua de seguiment; TuberculosiInseguridad alimentaria; Pérdida de seguimiento; TuberculosisBackground: Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a serious public health threat that affects the most vulnerable populations. Patients who are lost to follow-up (LTFU) after TB diagnosis still represent one of the biggest challenges to TB control.
Method: In this prospective observational study, we aimed to identify and analyse the risk factors associated with LTFU among TB patients who started first-line TB treatment in the Sanatorium Hospital in Luanda.
Result: A total of 113 patients with TB (non-multidrug resistant) were included between August 2018 and September 2019. Seventy-six (67.3%) patients were cured, 27 (23.9%) were LTFU, 5 (4.4%) died, 4 (3.5%) were transferred and 1 (0.9%) presented treatment failure. After excluding those who died, were transferred or failed treatment, we observed that severe TB at the time of diagnosis (OR 9.24, 95% CI 2.18-39.04) and food insecurity were significantly associated with LTFU (OR 5.96, 95% CI 1.66-21.41).
Conclusions: The findings of our study can contribute to understanding the reasons for the LTFU of patients with TB and can guide policies and facilitate designing measures to allow better adherence and, therefore, greater treatment success.
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Tuberculosi - Angola
Tuberculosi - Factors de risc
Tuberculosi - Tractament
GEOGRAPHICALS::Geographic Locations::Africa::Africa South of the Sahara::Africa, Southern::Angola
ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Probability::Risk::Risk Factors
PUBLIC HEALTH::Environmental Health::Health::Environmental Illness::Communicable Diseases::Tuberculosis
Other subheadings::Other subheadings::Other subheadings::/drug therapy
DENOMINACIONES GEOGRÁFICAS::localizaciones geográficas::África::África subsahariana::África del Sur::Angola
TÉCNICAS Y EQUIPOS ANALÍTICOS, DIAGNÓSTICOS Y TERAPÉUTICOS::técnicas de investigación::métodos epidemiológicos::estadística como asunto::probabilidad::riesgo::factores de riesgo
SALUD PÚBLICA::salud ambiental::salud::enfermedad ambiental::enfermedades transmisibles::tuberculosis
Otros calificadores::Otros calificadores::Otros calificadores::/farmacoterapia
Risk Factors Associated with Loss to Follow-Up during Tuberculosis Treatment in the Sanatorium Hospital of Luanda, Angola
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