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Prevalence, Risk Factors and Social Context of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Prison Inmates in Tajikistan
SETTING: Tuberculosis (TB) is highly prevalent in prisons of the former Soviet Union. OBJECTIVE: To understand the behavioral, demographic and biological factors placing inmates in Tajikistan at risk for active TB. DESIGN: We administered a behavioral and demographic survey to 1317 inmates in two pr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3896449/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465861 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086046 |
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author | Winetsky, Daniel E. Almukhamedov, Olga Pulatov, Dilshod Vezhnina, Natalia Dooronbekova, Aizhan Zhussupov, Baurzhan |
author_facet | Winetsky, Daniel E. Almukhamedov, Olga Pulatov, Dilshod Vezhnina, Natalia Dooronbekova, Aizhan Zhussupov, Baurzhan |
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description | SETTING: Tuberculosis (TB) is highly prevalent in prisons of the former Soviet Union. OBJECTIVE: To understand the behavioral, demographic and biological factors placing inmates in Tajikistan at risk for active TB. DESIGN: We administered a behavioral and demographic survey to 1317 inmates in two prison facilities in Sughd province, Tajikistan along with radiographic screening for pulmonary TB. Suspected cases were confirmed bacteriologically. Inmates undergoing TB treatment were also surveyed. In-depth interviews were conducted with former prisoners to elicit relevant social and behavioral characteristics. RESULTS: We identified 59 cases of active pulmonary TB (prevalence 4.5%). Factors independently associated with increased prevalence of active TB were: HIV-infection by self-report (PR 7.88; 95%CI 3.40–18.28), history of previous TB (PR 10.21; 95%CI 6.27–16.63) and infrequent supplemental nutrition beyond scheduled meals (PR 3.00; 95%CI 1.67–5.62). Access to supplemental nutrition was associated with frequency of visits from friends and family and ability to rely on other inmates for help. CONCLUSION: In prison facilities of Tajikistan, HIV-infection, injection drug use and low access to supplemental nutrition were associated with prevalent cases of active pulmonary TB. Policies that reduce HIV transmission among injection drug users and improve the nutritional status of socially isolated inmates may alleviate the TB burden in Tajikistan’s prisons. |
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spelling | pubmed-38964492014-01-24 Prevalence, Risk Factors and Social Context of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Prison Inmates in Tajikistan Winetsky, Daniel E. Almukhamedov, Olga Pulatov, Dilshod Vezhnina, Natalia Dooronbekova, Aizhan Zhussupov, Baurzhan PLoS One Research Article SETTING: Tuberculosis (TB) is highly prevalent in prisons of the former Soviet Union. OBJECTIVE: To understand the behavioral, demographic and biological factors placing inmates in Tajikistan at risk for active TB. DESIGN: We administered a behavioral and demographic survey to 1317 inmates in two prison facilities in Sughd province, Tajikistan along with radiographic screening for pulmonary TB. Suspected cases were confirmed bacteriologically. Inmates undergoing TB treatment were also surveyed. In-depth interviews were conducted with former prisoners to elicit relevant social and behavioral characteristics. RESULTS: We identified 59 cases of active pulmonary TB (prevalence 4.5%). Factors independently associated with increased prevalence of active TB were: HIV-infection by self-report (PR 7.88; 95%CI 3.40–18.28), history of previous TB (PR 10.21; 95%CI 6.27–16.63) and infrequent supplemental nutrition beyond scheduled meals (PR 3.00; 95%CI 1.67–5.62). Access to supplemental nutrition was associated with frequency of visits from friends and family and ability to rely on other inmates for help. CONCLUSION: In prison facilities of Tajikistan, HIV-infection, injection drug use and low access to supplemental nutrition were associated with prevalent cases of active pulmonary TB. Policies that reduce HIV transmission among injection drug users and improve the nutritional status of socially isolated inmates may alleviate the TB burden in Tajikistan’s prisons. Public Library of Science 2014-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3896449/ /pubmed/24465861 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086046 Text en © 2014 Winetsky et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Winetsky, Daniel E. Almukhamedov, Olga Pulatov, Dilshod Vezhnina, Natalia Dooronbekova, Aizhan Zhussupov, Baurzhan Prevalence, Risk Factors and Social Context of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Prison Inmates in Tajikistan |
title | Prevalence, Risk Factors and Social Context of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Prison Inmates in Tajikistan |
title_full | Prevalence, Risk Factors and Social Context of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Prison Inmates in Tajikistan |
title_fullStr | Prevalence, Risk Factors and Social Context of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Prison Inmates in Tajikistan |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence, Risk Factors and Social Context of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Prison Inmates in Tajikistan |
title_short | Prevalence, Risk Factors and Social Context of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Prison Inmates in Tajikistan |
title_sort | prevalence, risk factors and social context of active pulmonary tuberculosis among prison inmates in tajikistan |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3896449/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465861 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086046 |
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