Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of “Transfer Out” TB Patients after Crosschecking Registers at Four Hospitals of Tigray Regional State, Ethiopia: 2011-2015
Table 4
Treatment outcomes of transferred out TB patients who arrived at their receiving facility in Tigray, Ethiopia, 2011–2015 ( = 105).
Characteristics
Treatment outcome n(%)
Cured
Treatment completed
Default
Failure
Death
Transfer out
P-value
Sex
Male
6(9.5)
46(73)
3(4.7)
2(3)
4(6.3)
2(3)
0.062
Female
0
41(95.3)
0
0
2(4.7)
0
Age(years)
18
2(9.5)
18(85.7)
0
0
1(4.7)
0
19-34
4(8.5)
38(80.6)
1(2)
2(4.2)
1(2)
1(2)
35-54
0
19(73)
2(7.7)
0
4(15.4)
1(3.8)
55
0
12(100)
0
0
0
0
Total
6(5.7)
87(82.8)
3((2.8)
2(1.9)
6(5.7)
2(1.9)
Residency
Urban
4(9.3)
36(8.4)
1(2.3)
0
1(2.3)
1(2.3)
0.461
Rural
2(3.2)
51(81)
2(3.2)
2(3.2)
5(7.9)
1(1.6)
Category of TB
New
6(5.7)
86(82)
3(2.8)
2(1.9)
6(5.7)
2(1.9)
Retreatment
-
-
-
-
-
-
Type of TB
PTB/Smear positive
6(42.8)
6(42.8)
0
1(7.1)
1(7.1)
0
0.062
PTB/Smear negative
0
35(85.4)
1(2.4)
1(2.4)
2(4.9)
2(4.9)
EPTB
0
46(90.2)
2(3.9)
0
3(5.9)
0
HIV status
Negative
4(9.3)
36(83.7)
2(4.6)
0
1(2.3)
0
0.156
Positive
1(4)
19(76)
0
0
4(19)
1(4)
Unknown
1(2.6)
32(84.2)
1(2.6)
2(5.2)
1(2.6)
1(2.6)
Time period b/n transfer-out & transfer- in
8 days
5(6.1)
70(85.4)
2(2.4)
1(1.2)
3(3.7)
1(1.2)
0.164
8-30 days
0
9(75)
0
0
3(25)
0
30 days
1(9.1)
9(81.8)
0
1(9.1)
0
0
Treatment center
Hospital
3(6.5)
38(84.4)
1(2.2)
0
3(6.5)
0
0.641
Health center
3(4.9)
49(80.3)
2(3.3)
2(3.3)
3(4.9)
2(3.3)
Abbreviations. HIV: human immune deficiency virus, TB: tuberculosis, PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis, and EPTB: extra pulmonary tuberculosis.
