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The Effect of Treatment during A Haze/Post-Haze Year on Subsequent Respiratory Morbidity Status among Successful Treatment Tuberculosis Cases

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  • Suyanto Suyanto

    (Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90110, Thailand
    Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Riau University, Pekanbaru 28133, Indonesia)

  • Alan Geater

    (Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90110, Thailand)

  • Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong

    (Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90110, Thailand)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the respiratory morbidity status within the two to three years among successful (completed/cured) treatment of tuberculosis cases during a haze year (2015) and a post-haze year (2016). The study was conducted among 133 cases of a 2015 group and 103 cases of a 2016 group between January to March 2018 in Pekanbaru city, Indonesia. The St George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) was used to assess respiratory morbidity status. A higher score corresponds to worse respiratory morbidity. Based on a directed acyclic graph, quantile regression models were constructed to assess the associations between haze/post-haze year and the SGRQ (symptom, activity, impact, and total) domains score. The subsequent respiratory morbidity status of tuberculosis (TB) cases was poorer among respondents treated during a haze year (2015). Among SGRQ domains, only the activity domain score showed significant difference, in which the median for the 2015 group was 23.7 (inter-quartile range (IQR); 17.2, 30.9) compared to 18.4 (IQR; 11.9, 24.8) for the 2016 group. The effect was limited to the 2015 group who were exposed by an average PM 10 index ≥ 55 during TB treatment. This raises concern for monitoring and improving the quality of life of TB patients treated during a haze year.

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  • Suyanto Suyanto & Alan Geater & Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, 2019. "The Effect of Treatment during A Haze/Post-Haze Year on Subsequent Respiratory Morbidity Status among Successful Treatment Tuberculosis Cases," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(23), pages 1-11, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:23:p:4669-:d:290128
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