作者
S Patra, S Lukhmana, K Tayler Smith, AT Kannan, S Satyanarayana, DA Enarson, RK Nagar, M Marcel, T Reid
发表日期
2013/12/1
期刊
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
卷号
107
期号
12
页码范围
763-768
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
Background
Given India's high rate of TB, rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and growing elderly population, elderly TB patients may be at higher risk of adverse outcomes including death, loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) and treatment failure. This may call for modifications in their management. This study thus aimed to compare the profile and treatment outcomes between elderly (≥60 years) and non-elderly (15–59 years) TB patients.
Methods
This was a retrospective cohort study using routinely-collected programme data from a chest clinic in Delhi, India. It included all elderly and selected non-elderly TB patients registered for treatment between 2005 and 2010. Data on patients' clinical and demographic characteristics and treatment outcomes were analysed.
Results
There were 812 elderly and 1624 non-elderly TB patients. Elderly patients …
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