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Tobacco Use Behaviors and Associated Factors among Newly Diagnosed Tuberculosis Patients in Benin and Burkina Faso,

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Auteur(s): Abdoul Risgou Ouédraogo, Arnauld A. Fiogbé, Sonia Menon, Marius Atchéni Esse , Tandaogo Saouadogo , Adam Daouda, Adjima Combary, Gildas Agodokpessi, Georges Ouédraogo, Gisèle Badoum, Yan Lin and KobtoG.Koura

Auteur(s) tagués: Gisèle Marie Euphemie BADOUM/ OUEDRAOGO ; Abdoul Risgou OUEDRAOGO ; Georges OUEDRAOGO ;

Résumé

Abstract: Theobjective of this study wastoassesstobaccouse(TU)behaviorsamongnewlydiagnosed
pulmonary TB (PTB) patients and identify associated factors in Benin and Burkina Faso. A cross
sectional study was conducted in 20 randomly selected TB clinics. To ensure a representative study
cohort, clinics were stratified during the sampling process. PTB patients were consecutively sampled
in 20 of the clinics between 1 December 2021 and 30 September 2022. The study population comprised
individuals aged 15 years andabovewhowerenewlydiagnosedwithPTB.Amongthe1399registered
PTB patients, 564 (40.3%) reported a history of TU, including 392 (28.0%) current tobacco users and
172 ex-tobacco users. Cigarettes emerged as the predominant form of TU (86.2%), followed by
smokeless tobacco (6.4%), and chicha smoking (2.6%). Factors independently associated with tobacco
use were male gender (p

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tuberculosis; tobacco use; Benin; Burkina Faso

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