Factors Related to Tuberculosis of Tuberculosis Patients Receiving Services in Tuberculosis Clinic, Phiwiang Hospital, Khon Kaen Province

Abstract

This research is a retrospective study to determine the cause of the disease (Matched case - control study). And factors associated with pulmonary tuberculosis disease of patients,who were treated at the tuberculosis clinic Phuwiang Hospital, Phuwiang District. Khon Kaen Province. In order to apply the knowledge gained from research to be used as a guideline for the implementation of tuberculosis control to be effective and suitable for community conditions. There were 62 patient who were the newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis and were registered for treatment at the Tuberculosis Clinic of Phuwiang Hospital between October 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020. The control group is general population who had never had pulmonary tuberculosis are random selected from the registry of the same village, 62 people were randomly assigned with same sex and age apart from 5 years. Data were collected by interviewing and observing and analyzing the data using descriptive statistics. It was the percentage of education level and the odds ratio from Mcnemar chi-square test for matched pair data. The results of the study found that the factors of education, body mass index, having underlying disease and alcohol consumption was significantly associated with the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis (P <0.001). The samples of high school education and higher were less likely to become ill with pulmonary tuberculosis about 98% of the sample of primary school education. The simple group had a lower than normal body mass index increase chance of getting sick with pulmonary tuberculosis. The samples with a history of drinking alcohol were 7.41 times more likely to become ill with tuberculosis than those who did not drink alcohol. As for environmental factors People exposed to TB at home and at rest were not significantly associated with the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis.