A STUDY ON FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HOSPITALISATION AMONG TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS AND THEIR OUTCOME:A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY IN DEPARTMENT OF PULMONARY MEDICINE IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE

Objectives: To investigate factors associated with hospitalization among TB patients, factors that lead to longer hospitalization time, outcome of hospitalized TB patients,the predictors of poor treatment outcomes and mortality in a cohort of hospitalized TB patients in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, IPGME&R, Kolkata. Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted among205 adult patients diagnosed with tuberculosis as per selection criteria were included in this study. Out of these participants,106 patients are cases who are indoor TB patients in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, IPGME&R and 99 patients are controls who are TB patients attending the outdoor of Department of pulmonary Medicine,IPGME&R. Results:As per the case and control analysis, factors which are statistically signicant in hospitalisation of TB patients are respiratory failure, hypotension, persistent fever, Hypoalbuminemia, hydropneumothorax, pneumothorax, Pyopneumothorax, Empyema, Anemia, low BMI <18 and pulmonary TB given in the table below in the order of signicance as per p value,Odds ratio and 95% condence interval. Conclusion:Early case detection and effective treatment of tuberculosis and ensuring regularity of treatment adherence would probably lead to reduction of hospitalization and TB related mortality.