TAILIEUCHUNG - Socio-demographic characteristics of patients presenting pulmonary tuberculosis in a primary health centre, Zaria, Nigeria

Tuberculosis is one of the killer diseases of great antiquity especially in developing countries and so contributes significantly to health instability and economic loss. The directly observed treatment (DOT) course is the recommended standard of care in treatment of tuberculosis worldwide and its key elements lie in making the diagnosis. The study was aimed at examining the socio-demographic characteristics of patients presenting at a primary health care centre in Zaria, North-Western Nigeria. The records of all suspected cases of tuberculosis seen at Sabon-Gari Comprehensive Health Centre Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria between May, 2005 - 2006 were scrutinized and reviewed. The main variables studied were age, education, occupational. | Journal of Medical Laboratory and Diagnosis Vol. 1 2 pp. 11-14 December 2010 Available online http JMLD ISSN 2141-2618 2010 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper Socio-demographic characteristics of patients presenting pulmonary tuberculosis in a primary health centre Zaria Nigeria Ogboi S. Idris S. Olayinka A. and Ilyas Junaid1 1 Department of Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Kaduna State Nigeria. department of Medical Microbiology Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria Kaduna State Nigeria. Accepted 22 of June 2010 Tuberculosis is one of the killer diseases of great antiquity especially in developing countries and so contributes significantly to health instability and economic loss. The directly observed treatment DOT course is the recommended standard of care in treatment of tuberculosis worldwide and its key elements lie in making the diagnosis. The study was aimed at examining the socio-demographic characteristics of patients presenting at a primary health care centre in Zaria North-Western Nigeria. The records of all suspected cases of tuberculosis seen at Sabon-Gari Comprehensive Health Centre Zaria Kaduna State Nigeria between May 2005 - 2006 were scrutinized and reviewed. The main variables studied were age education occupational and educational status. A total of 694 case records were reviewed comprising of of males and females with a mean age of years . The proportion of sputum smear positive samples was 12 with high pronderance of smear positive cases in the age group 20 - 29 years. There was statistically significant association between sex x2 52 df 1 p educational status x2 df 4 p occupational status x2 df 5 p and the very likely chance of detecting AFB in sputum. The study revealed that most of the patient presenting with tuberculosis are in the productive age with unemployment and low literacy level serving as .

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