Inadequate housing and pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review

BMC Public Health

Table 2 The association between inadequate housing and tuberculosis by continent

			Outcomes
			TB history	Prevalence	Incidence Rate	Treatment non-adherence	Treatment success
Exposures	Poor housing affordability	Homelessness	Homeless vs. Non-homeless(sheltered)
				++~+++ [36]		++ [28]	++ [28]
				+++ [34]			+ [37]
				++ [29]			+++ [32]
			History of homelessness
					+ [35]
		Instability		+++ [47]			++ [27]
				+ [14]			++^a [31]
				++^b [39]			+ [30]
				++^c [47]
	Poor housing quality	Overcrowding	Household with more than 2 residents per room
			++~+++ [42]	+++ [48]	+ [45]	++ [25]
			+ [46]	+++ [13]	+ [44]
				+ [47]
				+++ [40]
		Quality of housing	Improper ventilation
			+++ [42]	+++ [43]
				++ [49]
				+++ [47]
				+++ [48]
			Lack of sunlight
				+++ [43]
			Poor roof condition
			+ [46]	+ [48]
				++ [47]
			Poor floor condition
				++ [47]
			Poor wall condition (without coating)
					+ [45]
			Housing material (kaccha/kacha vs. pucca/pacca) ^d
			+++ [42]	++ [41]

OR or RR 1<+≤2, 2<++≤3, 3<+++. TB, Tuberculosis. ^aProlonged hospitalization. ^bPublic vs. Private housing. ^cShared house. ^dSee text for details

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