•  
  •  
 

Abstract

Background: Tuberculosis in children is significantly being considered as a main public health problem that contributes to the total global burden of disease. This survey sought to explore children with tuberculosis in Iranian population. Methods: A survey of nine years was conducted on 592 children with tuberculosis from 2005 to 2013 years. Data were extracted from the District Health Network (TB register software) on the basis of a sample- sheet that was evaluated by two experts. Mean and standard deviation were used to describe data of the study. Moreover, chi-square statistical test was run to assess differences between variables such as year, gender, season, place of residence and nationality in terms of TB disease. A significance level was considered less than 0.05. Results: The mean age of children was 5.96±9.94 year. The prevalence of the disease in girls (63.5%) was significantly higher than boys (36.5%) (p=0.001). Contrary to expectation, the season did not play a significant role in the prevalence of the disease (p=0.102). The vast majority of subjects 424 (74.67%) were positive smear. Pathologic findings cited that 30 (5.1 %) of cases were positive. Most of cases 354 (59.8%) were referred to the Primary Health Care system to begin the treatment of tuberculosis. In final, there was a significant difference between gender (p=0.001), place of residence (p=0.001) and nationality (p=0.001) about disease. Conclusion: Place and ethnicity reported as remarkable risk factors of Tuberculosis. Therefore, social and economic determinants of health factors must seriously be diagnosed and improved.

Download

Share

COinS