Masood Nizam Tabassum, Abdul Wahab Gureja, Shafaq Tabassum, Muhammad Usman Sheikh, Sana Noor, Nasir Ikram.
Determination of risk factors among tuberculosis patients at public sector hospital Lahore.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(4):792-5.

Background: Tuberculosis is a chronic bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis . There are multiple factors make people susceptible to Tuberculosis infections. Tuberculosis is one of the major diseases of poverty linked to both overcrowding and malnutrition. There is multiple risk factors. Significant risk factor is chronic lung disease and threefold increase of Tuberculosis due to alcoholism and Diabetes mellitus. Aim : To determine the risk factors among Tuberculosis patients at Public sector Hospital Lahore. Methodology: Analytical Cross sectional study was conducted at outdoor of tertiary care public sector Hospital of Lahore from 1 st January to 30 th June 2017 . After convenient sampling 1120 patients from whole Punjab were included. Adult Male and female patients with informed consent were included. Data were collected, entered and interpreted as frequency and percentage distribution. The data were analyzed by SPSS version 22. Results: Among 1120 cases, 529 cases were males and 591 females. 277 (24.73%) cases had close contact with Tuberculosis , 228(20.36%) cases had in-adequate treatment, 108 (9.64%) cases were malnourished , 82(7.32%) cases faced overcrowded places, 85(7.59%) cases were diabetics , 72(6.43%) cases had different Socioeconomic factors, 42(3.75%) cases were addict / alcoholics, 103(9.20%) cases were smokers, 56(5%) cases had silicosis, 25(2.23%) cases had chronic renal disease and 42(3.75%) cases had history of treatment with immunosuppressive drugs. Conclusion: The risk factors like close contact with Tuberculosis patients , inadequate treatment, malnutrition, overcrowding , Diabetes Mellitus, socioeconomic factors, smoking, Silicosis, treatment with immunosuppressive drugs were commonly observed were commonly observed.

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