Research Article
Modeling Time to Recovery of Adult Tuberculosis (Tb) Patients in MizanTepi University Teaching Hospital, South-West Ethiopia
Author(s): Abiyot Negash Terefe and Lami Abebe GebrewoldAbiyot Negash Terefe and Lami Abebe Gebrewold
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease that has a major health problem over the centuries and it has accounted for more human misery suffering and loss of earning and failure of economic and social development than any other disease. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of prognostic factors associated with time to recovery of adult TB patients who were under treatment follow-up of Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital.
Study Design: A retrospective cohort study.
Methods: The data was obtained from medical records of TB patients registered during September 2011 to August 2016 and treated under the DOTS program. Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards model were applied. Backward selection procedure was used in variable selection.
Results: In this study, 75% were.. View More»
