Table 1 Characteristics of patients with tuberculosis according to the treatment outcome at the Jamot Hospital in 2009
Characteristics | Categories | Total | Outcomes of tuberculosis treatment | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cured/Completed* | Failure | Deaths | Defaulted | Transferred | P-value | |||
N(%) | 1647 | 1121 (68.1) | 6 (0.4) | 86 (5.2) | 331 (20.1) | 103 (6.3) | ||
Age, years, n(%) | ||||||||
≤33 | 854 (51.9) | 609 (71.3) | 2 (0.2) | 24 (2.8) | 172 (20.1) | 47 (5.5) | <0.001 | |
>33 | 793 (48.1) | 512 (64.6) | 4 (0.5) | 62 (7.8) | 159 (20.1) | 56 (7.1) | ||
Mean (SD) | 35.5 (13.2) | 35.3 (12.9) | 37.3 (13.7) | 43.9 (14) | 35.7 (13.3) | 37.1 (13.9) | <0.001 | |
Men, n (%) | 938 (57) | 635 (67.7) | 4 (0.4) | 50 (5.3) | 194 (20.7) | 55 (5.9) | 0.467 | |
Urban residence, n (%) | 1390/1622 (85.7) | 968 (69.6) | 5 (0.4) | 72 (5.2) | 278 (20) | 67 (4.8) | <0.001 | |
Clinical forms, n (%) | ||||||||
PTB+ | 1216 (73.8) | 845 (69.5) | 6 (0.5) | 56 (4.6) | 239 (19.7) | 70 (5.7) | <0.001 | |
PTB- | 155 (9.4) | 86 (55.5) | 0 (0) | 16 (10.3) | 42 (27.1) | 11 (7.1) | ||
EPTB | 276 (16.8) | 190 (68.8) | 0 (0) | 14 (5.1) | 50 (3.7) | 22 (8.0) | ||
Type of patient, n (%) | ||||||||
New cases | 1505 (91.4) | 1026 (68.2) | 5 (0.3) | 81(5.4) | 295 (19.6) | 98 (6.5) | 0.27 | |
Relapse | 119 (7.2) | 81(68.1) | 1 (0.8) | 5 (4.2) | 28 (23.5) | 4 (3.4) | ||
Failure | 3 (0.2) | 2 (66.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (33.3) | ||
Defaulters | 20 (1.2) | 12 (60) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (40) | 0 (0) | ||
HIV serology, n (%) | ||||||||
Not done | 228 (13.8) | 113 (49.6) | 2 (0.9) | 20 (8.8) | 69 (30.3) | 24 (10.5) | <0.001 | |
Negative | 922/1419 (65) | 685 (74.3) | 4 (0.4) | 17 (1.8) | 166 (18) | 50 (5.4) | <0.001 | |
Positive | 497/1419 (35) | 323 (65.0) | 0 (0) | 49 (9.8) | 96 (19.3) | 29 (5.8) | ||