دورية أكاديمية
EVALUATION OF THE APPLICATIONS MADE TO TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL DISPENSARY BETWEEN THE YEARS 2010-2014 IN THE SOUTHWEST REGION OF TURKEY
| العنوان: | EVALUATION OF THE APPLICATIONS MADE TO TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL DISPENSARY BETWEEN THE YEARS 2010-2014 IN THE SOUTHWEST REGION OF TURKEY |
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| المؤلفون: | Pıçakçıefe, Metin, Kalemci, Serdar, Çaylak, Selmin Dirgen, Sözen, Hamdi, Çaylak, Yusuf, Akkaya, Volkan, Tetiker, Derya |
| المساهمون: | MÜ, Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Pıçakçıefe, Metin, Çaylak, Selmin Dirgen, Çaylak, Yusuf, Akkaya, Volkan, Tetiker, Derya |
| بيانات النشر: | Carbone Editore |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Tuberculosis Control Dispensary (TCD), Tuberculosis (TB), Turkey |
| الوصف: | orcid:0000-0002-2753-3574 ; WOS: 000397226800011 ; Introduction: As a major public health problem in the world and our country, tuberculosis (TB) constitutes 25% of the mortalities in developing countries which can be prevented. Identification and effective treatment of TB patients in the community are important to control TB. In our country, the task of ensuring TB control was given to Tuberculosis Control Dispensaries (TCD). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the applications made to TCD Southwestern Turkey between the years of 2010-2014. Materials and methods: The target population of the descriptive and retrospective study where TB surveillance data was analyzed was constituted by 394 people who applied to Tuberculosis Control Dispensary in the Southwest region of Turkey between the years of 2010 and 2014. Results: 66.2% of the applicants were male, 37.3% were in the 40-59 age group, 68.7% were married and 9.5% did not have any social insurance. Considering the reasons of application, 93.6% of the subjects applied personally and 6.4% applied with the contact history. New patients formed 78.0% of the cases, while 15.1% of the applicants were the ones who were transferred, 5.1% had recurrent disease, 1.0% were those who returned from discontinuation of the therapy and 0.8% were the patients who applied due to treatment failure. According to the records, 0.3% of the applicants were diagnosed with HIV, 9.6% used alcohol and 20.8% smoked. 66.9% of the patients had pulmonary involvement and 44.9% had contact with at least one person. Sputum examinations were performed in 65.0% of the applicants and 55.1% were determined to be positive. 71.8% of the patients were determined to have radiological findings compatible with the disease. 45.9% of the patients were found positive as a result of the bacteriological smear. Treatments of 35.0% of the registered patients were started in TCD and the length of treatment period lasted 0-6 months. According to the results of treatment, 70.5% of the patients completed the ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 0393-6384 2283-9720 |
| العلاقة: | Acta Medica Mediterranea; Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı; https://doi.org/10.19193/0393-6384_2017_1_011Test; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12809/2198Test; 33; 71; 76 |
| DOI: | 10.19193/0393-6384_2017_1_011 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/20.500.12809/2198Test https://doi.org/10.19193/0393-6384_2017_1_011Test https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12809/2198Test |
| حقوق: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.FE9A8670 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| تدمد: | 03936384 22839720 |
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| DOI: | 10.19193/0393-6384_2017_1_011 |