Study of the situation and patterns of new pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Thong Saen Khan Hospital, Uttaradit

Abstract

This research is a retrospective study that was to study the situation and patterns of new pulmonary tuberculosis patients whom admitted at Thong Saen Khan Hospital, Uttaradit by studying and collecting data from patient record of new pulmonary tuberculosis from 2013-2016, 105 cases. The collected data were general characteristics and the others, including co-disease, smoking, drinking, exposure, symptoms duration from initial until diagnosis etc. Data was analyzed with descriptive statistics such as number, percentage.

The study found that new pulmonary tuberculosis patients were  most of male , 74.29%, were in the 50-59 age group, 86.67% were graduated in primary education, 66.67% were engaged in agricultural. Most of them have an average income of less than 3,000 Thai Baht per month, accounting for 60%. 95.24% have eligible for UC. 55.24% have body mass index less than 18.5 kg/m², have co-disease which hypertension, 24.14%. 44.67% were found to have more than 4 week duration from initial to diagnosis. 43.56% had smoking, 41.95% had drinking of these, 27.91% had alcoholism. 82.86% have unrecognized source of their contacts. Considering the symptoms of the patients by categorize the time before the doctor, it showed that that 1 week ago, 18.75% came with fever. 2 weeks ago, 14.29% came with cough. 3 weeks ago, 20% came with fever and cough with sputum.  4 weeks ago, 16.67% came with cough, sputum, blood cough, racers, suffocation, fatigue and dizziness.