Predictors of Treatment Outcome for Retreatment Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cases among Tribal People of an Eastern India District: A Prospective Cohort Study
Table 1
Bivariate analysis between patient’s profile and treatment outcome. .
Patient’s profile
Favourable outcome (%)
Unfavourable outcome (%)
Chi-square test
Age
Adolescent & young
df = 2
Adult (11–40)
59 (47.6)
30 (73.2)
Middle age (41–60)
59 (47.6)
8 (19.5)
Geriatric > 60
6 (4.8)
3 (7.3)
Gender
Male
104 (83.9)
35 (85.4)
df = 1
Female
20 (16.1)
6 (14.6)
Address
Rural
86 (69.4)
29 (70.7)
df = 1
Urban
38 (30.6)
12 (29.3)
Religion
Hindu
108 (87.1)
27 (65.9)
df = 2
Minority by religion
16 (12.9)
14 (34.1)
Type of category II patients
Treatment after default
30 (24.2)
19 (46.3)
df = 4
Failure
6 (4.8)
5 (12.2)
Relapse
43 (34.7)
13 (31.7)
Transferred in
35 (28.2)
2 (4.9)
Others
10 (8.1)
2 (4.9)
Sputum positivity pretreatment phase of category II
Scanty
47 (37.9)
3 (7.3)
df = 3
1+
27 (21.8)
9 (22)
2+
36 (29)
16 (39)
3+
14 (11.3)
13 (31.7)
Sputum positivity after completion of initiation phase
