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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: The socioeconomic impact of multidrug resistant tuberculosis on patients: results from Ethiopia, Indonesia and Kazakhstan

 

Ethiopia

Indonesia

Kazakhstan

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Patient group

 Intensive phase of standard (re)treatment regimen

12

(6.2)

62

(23.8)

41

(27.3)

 Continuation phase of standard (re)treatment regimen

13

(6.7)

56

(21.5)

13

(8.7)

 Just diagnosed with MDR-TB

21

(10.8)

29

(11.1)

2

(1.3)

 Intensive phase of MDR-TB treatment

85

(43.8)

55

(21.1)

62

(41.3)

 Continuation phase of MDR-TB treatment

63

(32.5)

59

(22.6)

32

(21.3)

Type of TB

 Pulmonary smear positive

176

(91.2)

166

(63.6)

121

(80.7)

 Pulmonary smear negative

4

(2.1)

72

(27.6)

27

(18.0)

 Extrapulmonary

13

(6.7)

16

(6.1)

2

(1.3)

 No information

1

(0.5)

7

(2.7)

0

(0.0)

Gender

 Male

107

(55.2)

138

(52.9)

100

(66.7)

 Female

87

(44.8)

120

(46.0)

50

(33.3)

 No information

  

3

(1.2)

  

Age (years)

 21–29

110

(56.7)

62

(23.8)

47

(31.3)

 30–39

49

(25.3)

71

(27.2)

43

(28.7)

 40–49

20

(10.3)

66

(25.3)

42

(28.0)

 50+

15

(7.7)

61

(23.4)

18

(12.0)

 No information

  

1

(0.4)

  

HIV

 Positive

41

(21.1)

8

(3.1)

0

(0.0)

 Negative

146

(75.3)

128

(49.0)

150

(100)

 not tested/unknown

7

(3.6)

125

(47.9)

0

(0.0)