Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of “Transfer Out” TB Patients after Crosschecking Registers at Four Hospitals of Tigray Regional State, Ethiopia: 2011-2015
Table 3
Characteristics of transferred out patients with regard to type of TB at the selected health units, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2011–2015 (N=143).
Characteristics
Type of TB
PTB/smear positive
PTB/smear negative
EPTB
Total
Sex
Female
5(8.5)
20(33.9)
34(57.6)
59(41.3)
Male
17(20.2)
27(31.1)
40(47.6)
84(58.7)
Total
22(15.4)
47(32.9)
74(51.7)
143
Age
≤ 18
2(7.7)
6(23.1)
18(69.2)
26(18.2)
19-34
17(23.6)
24(33.3)
31(43.1)
72(50.3)
35-54
1(3.6)
10(35.7)
17(60.7)
28(19.6)
≥ 55
2(11.8)
7(41.2)
8(47.1)
17(11.9)
Total
22(15.4)
47(32.9)
74(51.7)
143
Residency
Rural
7(9.6)
29(39.7)
37(50.7)
73(51)
Urban
15(24.2)
18(29)
29(46.8)
62(43.4)
Unknown
0
0
8(100)
8(5.6)
Total
22(15.4)
47(32.9)
74(51.7)
143
HIV status
Positive
8(24.2)
16(48.5)
9(27.3)
33(23.)
Negative
10(15.6)
12(18.6)
42(65.6)
64(44.8)
Unknown
4(8.7)
19(41.3)
23(50)
46(32.2)
Total
22(15.4)
47(32.9)
74(51.7)
143
Year of transfer out
2011
11(33.3)
3(9.1)
19(57.6)
33(23)
2012
1(5.6)
7(38.9)
10(55.6)
18(12.6)
2013
1(4.2)
10(41.7)
13(54.2)
24(16.8)
2014
5(11.9)
21(50)
16(38.1)
42(29.4)
2015
5(19.2)
5(19.2)
16(61.6)
26(18.2)
Total
23(16.1)
46(32.2)
74(51.7)
143
Abbreviations. HIV: human immune deficiency virus, TB: tuberculosis, PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis, and EPTB: extra pulmonary tuberculosis.
