Nutritional Status of Patients with Tuberculosis and Associated Factors in the Health Centre Region of Burkina Faso

Nutritional Status of Patients with Tuberculosis and Associated Factors in the Health Centre Region of Burkina Faso

Extreme hunger and poverty remain a significant barrier to maintaining a normal and healthy life, and increase the burden of tuberculosis (TB) in sub-Saharan African countries. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated with undernutrition among adult patients with...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nutrients 2020-08, Vol.12 (9), p.2540
Hauptverfasser: Musuenge, Beatrice B, Poda, Ghislain G, Chen, Pei-Chun
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Adult
Adults
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
associated factors
Body mass
Body Mass Index
Body size
Burkina Faso
Community Health Centers
Comorbidity
Confidence intervals
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes mellitus
Female
Food
Health care facilities
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Hunger
Immune system
Infections
Male
Malnutrition
Malnutrition - diagnosis
Malnutrition - epidemiology
Meals
Medical diagnosis
Metabolism
Middle Aged
Nutrition Surveys
Nutritional Status
Poverty
Prevalence
Public health
Questionnaires
Severity of Illness Index
Sociodemographics
Statistical analysis
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis - epidemiology
Undernutrition
Viruses
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Extreme hunger and poverty remain a significant barrier to maintaining a normal and healthy life, and increase the burden of tuberculosis (TB) in sub-Saharan African countries. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated with undernutrition among adult patients with TB in Burkina Faso. In the Health Centre Region of Burkina Faso, we conducted a cross-sectional survey with face-to-face interviews of patients aged 15 years and older with TB ( = 302), from March to April 2019. Undernutrition was defined as a body mass index of
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu12092540