Factores de riesgo socioeconómicos de la tuberculosis pulmonar en el municipio de Santiago de Cuba / Social and economic risk factors of the lung tuberculosis in Santiago de Cuba municipality
Medisan
; 13(1)ene.-feb. 2009.
Article
in Spanish
| CUMED
| ID: cum-38609
Responsible library:
CU418.1
RESUMEN
Se realizó un estudio de casos y controles (con 12 integrantes en cada grupo) sobre los principales factores de riesgo socioeconómicos de la tuberculosis pulmonar en la población de 15 y más años del municipio de Santiago de Cuba durante el 2005. Las variables de interés analizadas fueron edad, sexo, escolaridad, ocupación, per cápita familiar, condiciones de la vivienda, hacinamiento, evaluación nutricional, hábito de fumar y alcoholismo. Se determinaron la asociación entre variables cualitativas mediante la prueba estadística de Ji al cuadrado, la fuerza de asociación a través de la razón de productos cruzados y el cálculo de los intervalos de confianza al 95 por ciento, así como el impacto de la exposición por medio del riesgo atribuible porcentual. Los factores de riesgo socioeconómicos asociados causalmente con la tuberculosis pulmonar resultaron ser el consumo de bebidas alcohólicas, la evaluación nutricional con un índice de masa corporal de ≤19,9 y la exposición al tabaco(AU)
ABSTRACT
A case-control study (12 people in each group) on main social and economic risk factors of the lung tuberculosis was carried out in the population aged 15 and over of Santiago de Cuba municipality during 2005. The analyzed variables of interest were age, sex, educational status, occupation, family income, and housing conditions, overcrowding, nutritional evaluation, smoking habit and alcoholism. Association among qualitative variables by means of the chi-square test, association strength through the odds ratio and estimate of 95 percent confidence intervals were determined, as well as the exposure impact by means of the percent age attributable risk. The social and economic risk factors causally associated with the lung tuberculosis were consumption of alcoholic drinks, nutritional evaluation with a 19,9 body mass index and exposure to the cigar(AU)
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Collection:
National databases
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Cuba
Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
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Neglected Diseases
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SDG3 - Target 3.3 End transmission of communicable diseases
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SDG3 -Target 3.5 Prevention and treatment of consumption of psychoactive substances
Health problem:
Target 3.3: End transmission of communicable diseases
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Target 3.4: Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases
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Neglected Diseases
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Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis
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Alcohol
Database:
CUMED
Main subject:
Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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Communicable Disease Control
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Communicable Diseases
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Risk Factors
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Health economic evaluation
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Observational study
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Qualitative research
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Risk factors
Aspects:
Social determinants of health
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Cuba
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medisan
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas/Cuba
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Facultad de Medicina No 2/Cuba
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Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Dr Juan Bruno Zayas/Cuba
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Hospital Provincial Docente Dr Ambrosio Grillo/Cuba