Determinants of Treatment Outcomes among Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis Patients on Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course at Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, South-West, Nigeria

Background: Surveillance of tuberculosis treatment outcomes is very crucial in evaluating successes of tuberculosis (TB) intervention programmes as well as assessing progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals target of ending TB infection by 2030. The study assessed treatment outcomes of tuberculosis and the determinants among tuberculosis patients on Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTs) at Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta South-West, Nigeria. Methods: This was a retrospective review of treatment outcomes of patients managed for Tuberculosis at the facility between January 2015 and December 2019. Data were retrieved from the treatment register and analysed using IBM® SPSS software version 23. Results were presented using frequencies and percentages, while the Chi-square test was used to test for association between the treatment outcomes and the independent variables. Binary logistics regression was used to assess for determinants of treatment outcomes at a level of significance of p