Assessment of the Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Uptake and Associated Characteristics: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Characteristics of child contacts eligible for IPT by IPT uptake.
Characteristics
Under five years old child contacts () (%)
Child contacts who started IPT () (%)
Child contacts who did not start IPT () (%)
value
Age group
≤3 Years
66 (70)
63 (75)
3 (30)
0.007
>3 Years
28 (30)
21 (25)
7 (70)
Sex child contact
0.504
Female
43 (46)
37 (44)
6 (60)
BCG_scar
Yes
90 (96)
80 (95)
10 (100)
1.000
Children tested for HIV
47 (50)
39 (46)
8 (80)
0.091
HIV test Result Positive
2 (4)
2 (5)
0 (0.0)
0.051
Relationship to the Index case
Child
70 (75)
65 (77)
5 (50)
0.060
Others
24 (25)
19 (23)
5 (50)
Had TB-related symptom during the screeninga
23 (24)
19 (23)
4 (40)/
0.252
Share the same bedroom with index cases
48 (51)
42 (50)
6 (49)
1.000
Time spend with index cases
≥8 hours
75 (80)
66 (79)
9 (90)
0.681
BCG = Bacilli Calmette-Guerin; IPT = isoniazid preventive therapy, TB = tuberculosis; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; -related symptom = to have one of those symptoms (a cough, fever, and weight loss).
