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Table 3 Treatment outcomes of Transfer-in TB patients in relation to health facility and clinical characteristics

From: Characteristics and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis patients who “transfer-in” to health facilities in Harare City, Zimbabwe: a descriptive cross-sectional study

Characteristic* (N=263)

TB treatment outcomes n (%)

p-value**

Treatment success

Defaulters

Deaths

Failures

Transfers out

Missing outcomes

Overall

181 (69)

5 (2)

7 (3)

0 (0)

14 (5)

56 (21)

-

Sex (n = 263)

       

 Male

100 (68)

2 (1)

4 (3)

0 (0)

9 (6)

33 (22)

0.897

 Female

81 (70)

3 (3)

3 (3)

0 (0)

5 (4)

23 (20)

 

Age group (n = 260)

    

 <15

16 (76)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (5)

4 (19)

0.972

 15-24

26 (72)

0 (0)

1 (3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

9 (25)

 

 25-44

108 (68)

4 (3)

5 (3)

0 (0)

10 (6)

33 (21)

 

 45-54

18 (69)

0 (0)

1 (4)

0 (0)

2 (8)

5 (19)

 

 ≥55

11 (64)

1 (6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (6)

4 (24)

 

Type of TB (n = 256)

       

 New

161 (73)

4 (2)

5 (2)

0 (0)

9 (4)

43 (19)

0.026

 retreatment

17 (50)

1 (3)

2 (6)

0 (0)

5 (15)

9 (26)

 

Time period between transferring from district and registration in Harare City (n = 176)

    

 < 8 days

60 (71)

3 (4)

3 (4)

0 (0)

5 (6)

14 (16)

0.477

 ≥8 days

69 (76)

2 (2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (4)

16 (18)

 

Type of referral health facility (n = 212)

       

 rural mission hospital

62 (70)

2 (2)

2 (2)

0 (0)

4 (5)

18 (20)

0.355

 district hospital

39 (75)

1 (2)

1 (2)

0 (0)

1 (2)

10 (19)

 

 municipal clinic

38 (75)

1 (2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

5 (10)

7 (14)

 

 rural clinic

2 (50)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (50)

0 (0)

 

 prison facility

2 (40)

0 (0)

1 (20)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (40)

 

 provincial hospital

4 (80)

0 (0)

1 (20)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

 private clinic

2 (40)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (60)

 

 Outside Zimbabwe

1 (50)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (50)

 

Distance to referral health facility from Harare City (km) (n = 211)

    

 ≤ 40

27 (60)

1 (2)

1 (2)

0 (0)

5 (11)

11 (24)

0.179

 41 – 150

51 (74)

2 (3)

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

15 (22)

 

 151 – 300

48 (73)

1 (2)

3 (5)

0 (0)

4 (6)

10 (15)

 

 >300

24 (77)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (10)

4 (13)

 

Treatment phase at time of transfer from referral health facility (n = 263)

    

 initiation phase

112 (70)

5 (3)

3 (2)

0 (0)

11 (7)

28 (18)

0.053

 continuation phase

42 (74)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (2)

14 (25)

 

 Missing

27 (57)

0 (0)

4 (9)

0 (0)

2 (4)

14 (30)

 
  1. NB: Percentages may not always add up to 100 because of rounding off error.
  2. *Variables in the table above have varying totals because missing data was excluded.
  3. ** P-values are for the Fischers Exact test for associations between TB treatmement outcomes and clinical and health facility characteristics.
  4. DOT = Directly Observed Treatment.