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Table 2 Demographic Characteristics of Questionnaire Respondents

From: Solutions to improve the latent tuberculosis Cascade of Care in Ghana: a longitudinal impact assessment

 

Pre-solutions

Post-Solutions

n

%

n

%

Adult Contacts

 Number

20

 

30

 

 Age in yrs., median (range)

46.5 (19; 74)

 

35 (18; 85)

 

 Female Gender

12

60%

21

70%

 Phase of Cascade

  Identified (no testing done)

20

100%

3

10%

  Completed symptom screen +/− TST

12

40%

  Medical investigations in-progress/completed

0

0

  Recommended LTBI treatment

15

50%

Parents of child contacts

 Number

20

 

19

 

 Age of parent in yrs., median (range)

37.5 (23; 71)

 

32 (18; 44)

 

 Age of youngest child in yrs., median (range)

2 (1; 5)

 

3 (1; 5)

 

 Phase of Cascade

  Identified (no testing done)

20

100%

1

5%

  Completed symptom screen +/− TST

6

32%

  Medical investigations in- progress/completed

0

0

  Recommended LTBI treatment

12

63%

Index Patients (with active TB)

 Number

20

 

16

 

 Age in yrs., median (range)

38.5 (23; 78)

 

42.5 (21; 80)

 

 Female gender

5

25%

4

25%

Health care workers

 Number

20

 

25*

 

 Job Title

  Doctor

0

0%

1

4%

  Nurse

17

85%

18

72%

  Other

3

15%

6

24%

  1. *2 health care workers completed both a pre and post solutions questionnaire