Variable | Frequency (n = 1025) | Percentage |
Common clinical presentations** |
|
|
Cough | 991 | 96.7 |
Night sweats | 871 | 85.0 |
Weight loss | 850 | 82.9 |
Anorexia | 740 | 72.2 |
Fatigue | 661 | 64.5 |
Chest pain | 606 | 59.1 |
Hemoptysis | 551 | 53.8 |
Low grade fever | 450 | 43.9 |
History of contact with someone having chronic cough/TB | ||
Yes | 704 | 68.7 |
No | 321 | 31.3 |
Total | 1025 | 100.0 |
Type of TB |
|
|
Pulmonary TB | 994 | 97.0 |
Extra pulmonary TB | 31 | 3.0 |
Total | 1025 | 100.0 |
Type of patient at diagnosis |
|
|
New | 817 | 79.7 |
Treatment after default/treatment after failure (TAF) | 105 | 10.2 |
Relapse | 37 | 3.6 |
Transferred in | 55 | 5.4 |
Others | 11 | 1.1 |
Total | 1025 | 100.0 |
Treatment category |
|
|
Category 1 | 879 | 85.8 |
Category 11 | 146 | 14.2 |
Total | 1025 | 100.0 |
Treatment outcome |
|
|
Cured | 475 | 46.3 |
Completed treatment | 359 | 35.0 |
Defaulted | 100 | 9.8 |
Died | 67 | 6.5 |
Failed treatment | 15 | 1.5 |
Transferred out | 9 | 0.9 |
Total | 1025 | 100.0 |