Prevalence and Treatment Outcome of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Eku Hospital, Delta State

Abstract This study was on prevalence and treatment outcome of pulmonary tuberculosis in Eku referral Hospital, Delta State. The objectives of the study were to find out the achievement of the state target within the five year period reviewed, ascertain the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in the hospital, during the period reviewed, and determine the treatment outcome of the patients within the period.A retrospective research design was employed for the study. The entire pulmonary tuberculosis patient treated within the Period (2009-2013) was included in the study and comprised of 1,423 patients. A self-developedproforma was used to extract relevantinformation from the hospital records. The face and content validity were determined by the supervisor and two other lecturers who are experts in measurement and evaluation. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The results were presented in tables as percentages, means and standard deviation. Chi-square was used to determine the association between age and treatment outcome at 0.05level of significance. Major findings of the study revealed that males were mostly affected than the females. While those within 21-30 years were mostly affected and these are the vibrant and economic group. Other findings of the study showed that majority 650 (45.7%) of them were cured and discharged while 183 (12.9%)defaulted and 131(9.20%) died. The five years period reviewed showed increase in prevalence rate of PTB with 1,011(71.0%) as new cases and 412 (28.9%) were old cases. The study concluded that there was an association between age and pulmonary tuberculosis treatment outcome. Though more males were affected, they equally responded to treatment more than thefemales. The increase in prevalence of PTB from the data analyzed raises issue of public health concern of PTB resurgence in the society and need urgent intervention.