<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_abm-2019-0004_s_004_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c16b1Aa"><h3>Background</h3><p>Elderly patients with pulmonary tuberculosis are less likely to achieve treatment success than younger patients, and patients aged ≥60 years have a substantial increase in mortality.</p></sec><sec id="j_abm-2019-0004_s_005_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c16b2Aa"><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To compare treatment outcomes over 2 periods during the transition of Thai national tuberculosis (TB) reporting systems and determine treatment success rates and mortality for elderly patients in TB treatment-care settings in Thailand.</p></sec><sec id="j_abm-2019-0004_s_006_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c16b3Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>Retrospective cohort study of all records of elderly patients extracted from 2 national TB databases in Thailand: the TB Case Management (TBCM) database of the National TB Program (2014–2015) and the database of the National Health Security Office (NHSO; 2010–2011).</p></sec><sec id="j_abm-2019-0004_s_007_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c16b4Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>There were 8,301 elderly patients with TB in the TBCM cohort and 11,869 in the NHSO cohort. Overall treatment success rates were 78.5% for patients in the TBCM cohort and 87.5% for patients in the NHSO cohort. High success rates for treatment were found for those aged 60–69 years: 91.1% in 2010–2011 and 85.0% in 2014–2015. High mortality was reported for patients aged ≥90 years: 34.6% in 2010–2011 and 50.0% in 2014–2015.</p></sec><sec id="j_abm-2019-0004_s_008_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c16b5Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Compared with the NHSO historical cohort, success rates for treatment were lower and death rates were higher in the TBCM cohort. Because NHSO enforced intensive case monitoring and follow-up while TBCM has no such mechanism, the estimates from the TBCM database may be less accurate for TB circumstances in Thailand. Frequent routine home visits may ensure more complete treatment-care information and support, and increase the treatment success rate in the elderly.</p></sec></abstract>

BackgroundElderly patients with pulmonary tuberculosis are less likely to achieve treatment success than younger patients, and patients aged ≥60 years have a substantial increase in mortality.ObjectivesTo compare treatment outcomes over 2 periods during the transition of Thai national tuberculosis (TB) reporting systems and determine treatment success rates and mortality for elderly patients in TB treatment-care settings in Thailand.MethodsRetrospective cohort study of all records of elderly patients extracted from 2 national TB databases in Thailand: the TB Case Management (TBCM) database of the National TB Program (2014–2015) and the database of the National Health Security Office (NHSO; 2010–2011).ResultsThere were 8,301 elderly patients with TB in the TBCM cohort and 11,869 in the NHSO cohort. Overall treatment success rates were 78.5% for patients in the TBCM cohort and 87.5% for patients in the NHSO cohort. High success rates for treatment were found for those aged 60–69 years: 91.1% in 2010–2011 and 85.0% in 2014–2015. High mortality was reported for patients aged ≥90 years: 34.6% in 2010–2011 and 50.0% in 2014–2015.ConclusionsCompared with the NHSO historical cohort, success rates for treatment were lower and death rates were higher in the TBCM cohort. Because NHSO enforced intensive case monitoring and follow-up while TBCM has no such mechanism, the estimates from the TBCM database may be less accurate for TB circumstances in Thailand. Frequent routine home visits may ensure more complete treatment-care information and support, and increase the treatment success rate in the elderly.

Treatment outcomes for elderly patients in Thailand with pulmonary tuberculosis

Asian Biomedicine

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BackgroundElderly patients with pulmonary tuberculosis are less likely to achieve treatment success than younger patients, and patients aged ≥60 years have a...

Treatment outcomes for elderly patients in Thailand with pulmonary tuberculosis

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Apr 30, 2019

Page range: 75 - 82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/abm-2019-0004

Keywords
aged, drug therapy, epidemiology, pulmonary, Thailand, tuberculosis

© 2018 Wilawan Somsong et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Treatment outcomes for elderly patients in Thailand with pulmonary tuberculosis

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Apr 30, 2019

Page range: 75 - 82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/abm-2019-0004

Keywordsaged, drug therapy, epidemiology, pulmonary, Thailand, tuberculosis

© 2018 Wilawan Somsong et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
aged, drug therapy, epidemiology, pulmonary, Thailand, tuberculosis