Characteristics | Patients, N (%) |
---|---|
Centre | |
Al-Hudaydah | 37 (32.2) |
Taiz | 17 (14.8) |
Sana’a | 20 (17.4) |
Aden | 41 (35.7) |
Sex | |
Male | 65 (56.5) |
Female | 50 (43.5) |
Age (years) | |
≤ 45 | 70 (60.9) |
> 45 | 45 (39.1) |
Marital status | |
Married | 84 (73) |
Unmarried | 31 (27) |
Area | |
Rural | 46 (40) |
Urban | 69 (60) |
Household size | |
≤ 7 | 40 (34.8) |
> 7 | 75 (65.2) |
Smoking status | |
Non-smoker | 30 (26.1) |
Smoker | 85 (73.9) |
Chewing khata | |
Yes | 104 (90.4) |
No | 11 (9.6) |
Literacy status | |
Illiterate | 77 (67) |
Literate | 38 (33) |
Employment status | |
Employed | 31 (27) |
Unemployed | 84 (73) |
Monthly income (rialsb) | |
≤ 10,000 | 31 (27) |
> 10,000 | 84 (73) |
Baseline weight (kg) | |
≤ 40 | 36 (31.3) |
> 40 | 79 (68.7) |
BCG vaccinationc | |
No | 21 (18.3) |
Yes | 94 (81.7) |
History of TB treatment | |
Previously treated | 6 (5.2) |
Newly treated | 109 (94.8) |
History of streptomycin use | |
No | 92 (80) |
Yes | 23 (20) |
History of failed TB treatment | |
No | 63 (54.8) |
Yes | 52 (45.2) |
Family history of TB | |
Drug-susceptible TB | 99 (86.1) |
MDR-TB | 16 (13.9) |
Adverse events at the end of the intensive phase | |
No | 85 (73.9) |
Yes | 30 (26.1) |
Regimen changes based on adverse events | |
No | 101 (87.8) |
Yes | 14 (12.2) |