Determinants of Undernutrition among Adult Tuberculosis Patients Receiving Treatment in Public Health Institutions in Shashemane Town, Southern Ethiopia

Table 2

General health status of adult TB patients in government health facilities of Shashemane, Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 368).

Variable	Frequency	Percent
Provision of food supplement
Yes	92	25
No	276	75
Dietary counselling
Yes	186	50.5
No	182	49.5
Problem with eating
Yes	144	39.1
No	224	60.9
Type of eating problem
Mouth ulcer	9	6.3
Poor appetite	83	58
Nausea or vomiting	37	25.9
Pain or difficulty of swallowing	14	9.8
Other illnesses
Yes	182	49.5
No	186	50.5
Type of other illnesses
Diarrheal disease	32	17.6
Febrile illness	104	57.1
Hypertension	25	13.7
Diabetes	16	8.8
Cancer	2	1
Others	3	1.6
Type of TB
Pulmonary TB	276	75
Extrapulmonary TB	92	25
TB treatment
New case	321	87.2
Previous history of TB treatment	47	12.8
HIV/AIDS status
Positive	35	9.5
Negative	333	90.5

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