PMID: 16529008Mar 15, 2006Paper

Tuberculosis control in health care facilities for the elderly, from the viewpoint of risk management

Kekkaku : [Tuberculosis]
Masako OhmoriShinji Shishido

Abstract

To discuss the optimal TB control system in health care facilities for the elderly where the periodic TB screening is currently not obligatory. A study was conducted in three health care facilities for the elderly in Tokyo during the period from 2002 to 2004, and 212 admitted elderly persons were enrolled in this study. Medical charts were analyzed to identify informations about mental and physical conditions and TB risk factors. Questionnaire-based interviews were conducted in 58 residents who had no dementia or no serious conditions. TB mass screening was carried out with a mobile vehicle equipped with computed radiography, financially supported by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Since this mobile vehicle is equipped with a special wheelchair for chest X-ray examination, most elderly persons were able to receive chest X-ray examination. Medical chart review and interview were conducted at around the time of TB mass screening. The screening results of 183 elderly residents who received X-ray examination were reviewed. Of the 212 persons admitted to the facilities, 73.1% were women. The mean ages of men and women were 80.7 and 84.2 years, respectively. Mental disorders were observed in 42.9% and dysfunction of extremities in...Continue Reading

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