Predictors of Treatment Outcome for Retreatment Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cases among Tribal People of an Eastern India District: A Prospective Cohort Study
Table 2
Distribution of tribal patients according to the patient’s profile and treatment outcome. .
Favourable outcome
Total
Unfavourable outcome
Total
Cured
Treatment completed
Failure
Defaulted
Died
Age
Adolescent & young adult (11–40)
41 (69.49)
18 (30.51)
59 (100)
6 (20)
16 (53.3)
8 (26.7)
30 (100)
Middle age (41–60)
38 (64.4)
21 (35.6)
59 (100)
2 (25)
3 (37.5)
3 (37.5)
8 (100)
Geriatric > 60
3 (50)
3 (50)
6 (100)
1 (33.3)
2 (66.7)
0 (0)
3 (100)
Gender
Male
71 (68.3)
33 (31.7)
104 (100)
8 (22.9)
17 (48.5)
10 (28.6)
35 (100)
Female
11 (55)
9 (45)
20 (100)
1 (16.7)
4 (66.6)
1 (16.7)
6 (100)
Address
Rural
55 (64)
31 (36)
86 (100)
7 (24.1)
16 (55.2)
6 (20.7)
29 (100)
Urban
27 (71.1)
11 (28.9)
38 (100)
2 (16.6)
5 (41.7)
5 (41.7)
12 (100)
Religion
Hindu
68 (63)
40 (37)
108 (100)
8 (29.6)
11 (40.6)
8 (29.6)
27 (100)
Minority by religion
14 (87.5)
2 (12.5)
16 (100)
1 (7.1)
10 (71.5)
3 (21.4)
14 (100)
Types of category II patient
Treatment after default
29 (96.7)
1 (3.3)
30 (100)
3 (15.8)
10 (52.6)
6 (31.6)
19 (100)
Failure
6 (100)
0 (0)
6 (100)
3 (60)
2 (40)
0 (0)
5 (100)
Relapse
36 (83.7)
7 (16.3)
43 (100)
2 (15.4)
7 (53.8)
4 (30.8)
13 (100)
Others
8 (80)
2 (20)
10 (100)
1 (50)
1 (50)
0 (0)
2 (100)
Transferred in
3 (8.6)
32 (91.4)
35 (100)
0 (0)
1 (50)
1 (50)
2 (100)
Sputum positivity pretreatment phase of category II patients
Scanty
10 (21.3)
37 (78.7)
47 (100)
1 (33.3)
1 (33.3)
1 (33.3)
3 (100)
1+
25 (92.6)
2 (7.4)
27 (100)
1 (11.1)
6 (66.7)
2 (22.2)
9 (100)
2+
33 (91.7)
3 (8.3)
36 (100)
4 (25)
10 (62.5)
2 (12.5)
16 (100)
3+
14 (100)
0 (0)
14 (100)
3 (23.1)
4 (30.8)
6 (46.1)
13 (100)
Sputum positivity after completion of initiation phase
