Title
Feasibility and yield of screening for non-communicable diseases among treated tuberculosis patients in Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Byrne A.L.
Marais B.J.
Mitnick C.D.
Garden F.L.
Contreras C.
Yauri Y.
Garcia F.
Marks G.B.
Publisher(s)
International Union against Tubercul. and Lung Dis.
Abstract
Introduction: The increasing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) poses a major challenge to low-and middle-income countries. Patients' engagement with health services for anti-tuberculosis treatment provides an opportunity for screening for NCDs and for linkage to care. METHODS: We explored the feasibility and yield of screening for NCDs in patients treated for tuberculosis (TB) in Lima, Peru, as part of a study focused on chronic respiratory sequelae. A representative sample of community controls was recruited from the same geographical area. Screening entailed taking a medical history and performing ambulatory blood pressure measurement and urinalysis. Rwsults: A total of 177 participants with previous TB (33 with multidrug-resistant TB) and 161 community controls were evaluated. There was an almost four-fold increased prevalence of self-reported diabetes mellitus (DM) in the TB group (adjusted prevalence ratio 3.66, 95%CI 1.68-8.01). Among those without self-reported DM, 3.3% had glycosuria, with a number needed to screen (NNS) of 31. The NNS to find one (new) case of hypertension or proteinuria in the TB group was respectively 24 and 5. Conclusion: Patient-centred care that includes pragmatic NCD screening is feasible in TB patients, and the treatment period provides a good opportunity to link patients to ongoing care.
Start page
86
End page
92
Volume
22
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Sistema respiratorio
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85039035488
PubMed ID
Source
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
ISSN of the container
10273719
Sponsor(s)
The present study was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council Australia, Centre of Research Excellence, University of Sydney, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Conflicts of interest: none declared.
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