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Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 655

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Factors associated with tuberculosis among people who inject drugs (IDUs) in Senegal in 2022

Mbayang Ndiaye
  • Mbayang Ndiaye
  • Institute of Health and Development, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
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Amadou Ibra Diallo
  • Amadou Ibra Diallo
  • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
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Idrissa B. A.
  • Idrissa B. A.
  • Department of Psychiatry, Fann National University Hospital, Dakar, Senegal.
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Mouhamadou Faly Ba
  • Mouhamadou Faly Ba
  • Institute of Health and Development, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
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Fatoumata Bintou Diongue
  • Fatoumata Bintou Diongue
  • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
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Adama Faye
  • Adama Faye
  • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
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Mbayang Ndiaye
  • Mbayang Ndiaye
  • Institute of Health and Development, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
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Amadou Ibra Diallo
  • Amadou Ibra Diallo
  • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
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Idrissa B. A.
  • Idrissa B. A.
  • Department of Psychiatry, Fann National University Hospital, Dakar, Senegal.
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Mouhamadou Faly Ba
  • Mouhamadou Faly Ba
  • Institute of Health and Development, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
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Fatoumata Bintou Diongue
  • Fatoumata Bintou Diongue
  • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
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Adama Faye
  • Adama Faye
  • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
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  •  Received: 18 November 2023
  •  Accepted: 19 December 2023
  •  Published: 31 January 2024

Abstract

Drug use is a major public health issue. It can promote the transmission of infectious diseases. The aim of this study was to determine the factors associated with tuberculosis among injecting drug users supervised at the addiction treatment center in Dakar. This was a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study in injecting drug users supervised at the Addictology Unit of Fann Hospital from January 1st, 2015 to September 30th, 2022. These data were collected using a form from patients 'records. Multivariate modelling was basic ally carried out on about tuberculosis in drug users and the Hosmer Lemeshow test was used to check the appropriateness of the model using the R 4.2.2 software. A total of 300 patients were involved. The average age was 53.4 ± 10.6. The male sex was 92.33%, the most common level of education was the elementary one (38.33%). Heroin was the most commonly used injection drug (99.7%), followed by tobacco (96.7%). The prevalence of tuberculosis was 24.7% among IDUs. Factors associated with TB were illiteracy (AOR = 1.96 [1.03-3.70]), unemployment 2.32 (AOR [1.33-4.00]) and imprisonment (AOR = 1.88 [1.02-3.55]). The coverage of permanent contracts is no longer limited to the addictology aspect. The nidification of factors associated with TB infection would allow effective policies for the effective management of these diseases.

Key words: Prevalence, tuberculosis, inject drugs (IDU), drugs, Senegal.

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