自我报告的结核病患病率:揭示了泰米尔纳德邦各个地区的空间表现
Malaisamy Muniyandi1, Kavi Mathiyazhagan1, Nagarajan Karikalan1
1Department of Health Economics, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai 600031, India.
International health
|October 18, 2024
概括
这项研究利用国家家庭健康调查数据绘制了泰米尔纳德各个地区的结核病 (TB) 患病率. 调查结果揭示了地理热点,有助于针对性公共卫生干预以控制结核病.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 空间分析 空间分析
背景情况:
- 结核病 (TB) 仍然是全球和印度的重大公共卫生挑战.
- 了解结核病的空间分布对于有效的控制策略至关重要.
- 之前的研究已经强调了在泰米尔纳德邦需要地区级流行数据的需要.
研究的目的:
- 为了估计泰米尔纳德各个地区的个人报告的结核病原始流行率.
- 为了更准确地计算结核病的集群级调整流行率.
- 分析结核病的空间分布,并确定结核病病例的热点.
主要方法:
- 利用了国家家庭健康调查 (NFHS-4和NFHS-5) 的2014-2015年和2019-2021年的数据.
- 采用SPSS和QGIS用于空间地理表征和地区范围的流行率估计.
- 使用Geoda软件进行空间自相关和热点分析.
主要成果:
- 每10万人口中的个人水平原始结核病患病率为337 (NFHS-4) 和169 (NFHS-5).
- 每10万人口中的结核病发病率为356 (NFHS-4) 和184 (NFHS-5).
- 空间分析确定了具有高结核病流行率的特定地理区域.
结论:
- 该研究成功地绘制了在泰米尔纳德邦结核病发病率较高的地理区域.
- 确定高发病率区域对于有针对性的公共卫生干预至关重要.
- 研究结果将有助于项目经理集中资源进行有效的结核病控制.
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