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Table 2 Reasons of loss to follow up

From: Impact of COVID-19 restrictive measures on income and health service utilization of tuberculosis patients in India

 

Intensive phase – N (January-February 2020)

Continuation phase – N (July-August 2020)

Reasons – N (%)

General population

121

89

Death – 5 (4.13%)

Refusal – 6 (4.96%)

No trace – 4 (3.30%)

Could not be contacted over phone – 17 (14.05%)

Total – 32 (26.45%)

Tea garden families

279

202

Death – 20 (7.17%)

Shifted to MDR – 4 (1.43%)

No trace – 4 (1.43%)

Migrate out – 1 (0.36%)

Cancelled because of misdiagnosis – 1 (0.36%)

Could not be contacted over phone – 47 (16.85%)

Total – 77 (27.60%)

  1. MDR multidrug resistant TB