Research Article

Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes and Associated Factors among TB Patients Attending Public Hospitals in Harar Town, Eastern Ethiopia: A Five-Year Retrospective Study

Table 3

Distribution of treatment outcome with socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of TB patients attending public hospitals of Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia, 2017 (n=1236).

Characteristics Treatment outcomeTotal
CureCompletedDiedFailureDefaulted

Year of registration
2011119 (38.1%)166(53.2%)19(6.1%)4(1.3%)4(1.3%)312
201262(32.5%)119(62.3%)4(2.1%)3(1.6%)3(1.6%)191
201339(19.8%)146(74.1%)4(2.0%)3(1.5%)5(2.5%)197
201478(32.1%)148(60.9%)8(3.3%)1(0.4%)8(3.3%)243
201578(26.6%)188(64.2%)13(4.4%)4(1.4%)10(3.4%)293
Place of residence
Urban359 (30.8%)716 (61.5%)48 (4.1%)14 (1.2%)27 (2.3%)1164
Rural17 (23.6%)51 (70.8%)0 (0.0%)1 (1.4%)3 (4.2%)72
Age group
1 - 14 years12 (17.6%)50 (73.5%)4 (5.9%)1 (1.5%)1 (1.5%)68
15 - 24 years129 (36.3%)213 (60.0%)8 (2.3%)1 (0.3%)4 (1.1%)355
25 - 34 years120 (33.1%)219 (60.3%)10 (2.8%)4 (1.1%)10 (2.8%)363
35 - 44 years60 (29.3%)131 (63.9%)6 (2.9%)2 (1.0%)6 (2.9%)205
45 - 54 years32 (26.9%)75 (63.0%)2 (1.7%)5 (4.2%)5 (4.2%)119
55 - 64 years15 (20.8%)46 (63.9%)7 (9.7%)2 (2.8%)2 (2.8%)72
>64 years8 (14.8%)33 (61.1%)11 (20.4%)0 (0.0%)2 (3.7%)54
Sex
Male241 (32.6%)436 (59.0%)27 (3.7%)11 (1.5%)24 (3.2%)739
Female135 (27.2%)331 (66.6%)21 (4.2%)4 (0.8%)6 (1.2%)497
Pre-treatment weight
< 20 Kg2 (9.1%)16 (72.7%)2 (9.1%)1 (4.5%)1 (4.5%)22
20 - 29 Kg3 (10.0%)24 (80.0%)2 (6.7%)1 (3.3%)0 (0.0%)30
30 - 37 Kg28 (32.9%)47 (55.3%)5 (5.9%)0 (0.0%)5 (5.9%)85
38 - 54 Kg232 (31.4%)456 (61.8%)29 (3.9%)8 (1.1%)13 (1.8%)738
>55 Kg111 (30.7%)224 (62.0%)10 (2.8%)5 (1.4%)11 (3.0%)361
HIV status
HIV positive73 (25.9%)159(56.4%)25(8.9%)9(3.2%)16(5.7%)282
HIV negative303(31.8%)608(63.7%)23(2.4%)6(0.6%)14(1.5%)954
Type of TB
Pulmonary TB376 (49.7%)325 (43.0%)25 (3.3%)15 (2.0%)15 (2.0%)756
Extra PTB0 (0.0%)442 (92.1%)23 (4.8%)0 (0.0%)15 (3.1%)480
Patient category
New cases352 (29.4%)759 (63.3%)46 (3.8%)13 (1.1%)29 (2.4%)1199
Re treatment24 (64.9%)8 (21.6%)2 (5.4%)2 (5.4%)1 (2.7%)37
Total 376 (30.4%)767 (62.1%)48 (3.9%)15 (1.2%)30 (2.4%)1236