Open AccessPrevalence of tuberculosis and diabetes comorbidity in patients attending secondary healthcare hospital in south India: A retrospective study
Author(s) -
Dillieswary Ragouraman,
R. P. Priyadharsini,
Chilkunda Raviprakash Venkatesh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1984_20
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , tuberculosis , comorbidity , diabetes mellitus , disease , communicable disease , medical record , health care , pediatrics , emergency medicine , public health , nursing , pathology , economics , endocrinology , economic growth
Tuberculosis, a communicable disease and diabetes, a non-communicable disease together has a bidirectional relationship toward each other withsignificant morbidity and delayed treatment outcome. Therefore, there is a need to identify the prevalence of both these diseases in a community. A retrospective study was planned to identify the prevalence of both diseases among the patients attending secondary hospitals for 3 years.