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Table 3 Baseline patient characteristics and treatment outcomes stratified by study arms

From: Acceptability, feasibility, and impact of a pilot tuberculosis literacy and treatment counselling intervention: a mixed methods study

Baseline patient characteristic

Study vs historical control period

Study period only

Historical control

Study

Chi-square p-value

Not enrolled in study

Enrolled in study

Chi-square p-value

Baseline patient characteristics

 Age, mean (SD)

37.0 (14.7)

35.7 (13.2)

0.45

37.3 (12.5)

34.1 (13.7)

0.12

 Female (%)

38 (34.5)

69 (42.3)

0.24

37 (46.8)

32 (38.1)

0.33

 HIV-positive (%)

78 (70.9)

114 (69.9)

0.97

56 (70.9)

58 (69.0)

0.93

 On ART at start of treatment (%)

40 (51.3)

47 (41.2)

0.22

30 (53.6)

17 (29.3)

0.01

 Previously treated* (%)

18 (16.4)

40 (24.5)

0.14

15 (19.0)

25 (29.8)

0.16

 Smear-positive (%)

35 (31.8)

33 (20.2)

0.04

14 (17.7)

19 (22.6)

0.60

Treatment outcomes

 Success (Cured/completed)

50 (45.5)

75 (46.0)

0.16

45 (53.6)

30 (38.0)

0.27

 Died

3 (2.7)

4 (2.5)

1 (1.2)

3 (3.8)

 Lost to follow-up

9 (8.2)

18 (11.0)

8 (9.5)

10 (12.7)

 Transferred out

26 (23.6)

50 (30.7)

24 (28.6)

26 (32.9)

 Not evaluated

22 (20.0)

16 (9.8)

6 (7.1)

10 (12.7)

  1. Abbreviations: ART Antiretroviral therapy, SD Standard deviation