Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease, due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria. The high burden of TB in Malaysian prisons is a challenging phenomenon. The difficulty in ensuring continued comprehensive TB care in prison leads to delay in TB diagnosis and discontinuity of treatment. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of TB and the sosiodemographic characteristic of TB cases among the inmates. METHODS: This was a cross sectional study. This study used secondary data obtained from electronic database (MyTB database). We utilised data over a 6-year period from 2012 to 2017. Data was analysed using SPSS. RESULTS: A total of 77 inmates were diagnosed as TB during study period. 76.6% were diagnosed as PTB Smear positive. The prevalence of TB among prison inmates in Kuantan was 1.42 per 1000 inmates. The results showed that the mean age of the patients were 36.0± 7.195 years old. For risk factors of TB, from all patients, 58.4% were HIV positive, 3.9% suffered from diabetes mellitus while 74% were smokers. For the treatment outcome, 53.5% of the patients were cured, 9.1% completed treatment, 18.2% were defaulter while 18.2% died. CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed the prevalence of TB in Kuantan Prison was higher than normal population but lower than compared to other studies involving inmates. HIV was the main risk factor and should be anticipated earlier.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-249,
title = {Prevalence of Tuberculosis Among Prison Inmates in Kuantan, Pahang from 2012 to 2017},
author = {Nor Azlina Bt Abdullah and Zailamin Zakaria and Muhammad Khaidir B. Aripin and Ahmad Qusyairi B. Mohd Sapeli and Fatimah Bt. A. Majid and Shahdattul Dewi Nur Khairitza Bt Taib and Mohammad Farhan B. Rusli},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease, due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria. The high burden of TB in Malaysian prisons is a challenging phenomenon. The difficulty in ensuring continued comprehensive TB care in prison leads to delay in TB diagnosis and discontinuity of treatment. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of TB and the sosiodemographic characteristic of TB cases among the inmates. METHODS: This was a cross sectional study. This study used secondary data obtained from electronic database (MyTB database). We utilised data over a 6-year period from 2012 to 2017. Data was analysed using SPSS. RESULTS: A total of 77 inmates were diagnosed as TB during study period. 76.6% were diagnosed as PTB Smear positive. The prevalence of TB among prison inmates in Kuantan was 1.42 per 1000 inmates. The results showed that the mean age of the patients were 36.0± 7.195 years old. For risk factors of TB, from all patients, 58.4% were HIV positive, 3.9% suffered from diabetes mellitus while 74% were smokers. For the treatment outcome, 53.5% of the patients were cured, 9.1% completed treatment, 18.2% were defaulter while 18.2% died. CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed the prevalence of TB in Kuantan Prison was higher than normal population but lower than compared to other studies involving inmates. HIV was the main risk factor and should be anticipated earlier.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation:},
keywords = {Malaysian prison, myTB, PTB, Risk Factors},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}