Predictors of Adverse TB Treatment Outcome among TB/HIV Patients Compared with Non-HIV Patients in the Greater Accra Regional Hospital from 2008 to 2016
Table 3
Treatment outcomes of TB cases according to HIV status in the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, 2008-2016.
Variable
TB-HIV
TB-only
Total (%)
value
Treatment outcome
<0.001
Cured
58 (33.8)
288 (49.3)
346 (45.6)
Treatment completed
76 (43.7)
246 (42.1)
322 (42.5)
Treatment failure
2 (1.2)
5 (0.9)
7 (0.9)
Died
34 (19.5)
42 (7.2)
76 (10.0)
Defaulted
4 (2.3)
3 (0.5)
7 (0.9)
Overall treatment outcome
<0.001
Treatment success
134 (77.0)
534 (91.4)
668 (88.1)
Adverse treatment
40 (23.0)
50 (8.6)
90 (11.9)
Sum of treatment outcomes cured and treatment completed. Sum of treatment outcomes treatment default, died, and defaulted.
