TB CATEGORY

ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN MULTAN

Abstract

Objective: To determine the risk factors for type of TB category in Multan.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Nishtar Medical College and Hospital,
Multan at Chest and Pulmonology Ward to explore the major factors for the type of TB in Multan,
Pakistan. We surveyed 164 patients diagnosed for TB from March 2012 to August 2012. The chisquare
test was used to find the responsible factors for type of TB category. The data were
analyzed by using SPSS 20 software. Results: The mean age of these patients was 40.5,100
male and 64 female patients. 68.9% of cat-1 and 31.1% patients of Cat-2, 65.3% patients having
no education, 35.4% patients were of labor profession working in different scenarios, 76.8%
patients have their family income less than ten thousands, 67.7% patients belong to the urban
residence, 65.2% patients have poor sanitary condition of their houses, 63.41% patients were
smoker and 70.1% patients have TB in their families. On the basis of p-value for each factors, we
have found that blood pressure (p=0.0100), already treated (p=0.0000), doctor visited
(p=0.0000), smoking habit (p=0.0263) and area (p=0.0020) of patients are statistically
significant factors while gender (p=0.7040), Education (p=0.0800), family history (p=0.3090),
current ATT period (p=0.7280), weight (p=0.1300), environment (p=0.2590), income level
(p=0.3690), profession (p=0.0540) and age (p=0.4130) are the insignificant factors.
Conclusions: We have found that blood pressure, already treated, doctor visited, smoking habit
and area of patients are the significant factors for type of TB category.