Research Article
Health Related Quality of Life among TB Patients: Question Mark on Performance of TB DOTS in Pakistan
Table 1
Demographic characteristics.
| Indicator | Total % |
| Age | | 18–30 Y | 53.9 (206) | 31–40 Y | 31.2 (119) | 41–50 Y | 10.2 (39) | >50 Y | 4.2 (16) | Gender | | Male | 46.6 (178) | Female | 53.4 (204) | Marital status | | Married | 58.6 (224) | Unmarried | 36.9 (141) | Divorced | 2.6 (10) | Widowed | 1.8 (7) | Qualification | | Illiterate | 16.8 (64) | Primary | 33.8 (129) | Matric | 39.5 (151) | Intermediate | 9.7 (37) | Bachelors | 0.3 (1) | Masters | 0 (0) | Ph.D. | 0 (0) | Job status | | Employed | 38.2 (146) | Unemployed | 30.6 (117) | House keeper | 29.1 (111) | Retired | 2.1 (8) | Cigarette smoking | | Smoker | 22.5 (86) | Nonsmoker | 77.5 (296) | Current salary | | Rs. < 10,000 | 24.1 (92) | Rs. 10,000–20,000 | 56 (214) | Rs. 21,000–35,000 | 16.8 (64) | Rs. 36,000–50,000 | 3.1 (12) | Rs > 50,000 | 0 (0) | Duration of illness | | <1 Y | 86.1 (329) | 1.1–2 Y | 12 (46) | 2.1–3 Y | 0.8 (3) | 3.1–5 Y | 0 (0) | 5.1–10 | 0 (0) | >10 Y | 1 (4) | Duration of treatment | | <1 month | 29.1 (111) | 1–3 months | 34 (130) | 4–6 months | 27.2 (104) | 7–9 months | 4.7 (18) | 10–12 moths | 3.4 (13) | >13 months | 1.6 (6) | Phase of treatment | | Baseline | 28.5 (109) | Initial phase | 34.8 (133) | Continuous phase | 36.6 (140) | Type of treatment | | Self-administered | 51.6 (197) | Directly observed therapy | 48.4 (185) |
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