Table 5 Practice of contact tracing by the study and control TB patients
Practice | Baseline | Chi-square | P-value | Post- intervention | Chi-square | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study group | Control group | Study group | Control group | |||||
N = 176(%) | N = 172(%) | N = 176(%) | N = 172(%) | |||||
Number of contacts brought for screening: | ||||||||
None | 153(86.9) | 154(89.5) | 0.57 | 0.451 | 42(23.9) | 142(82.6) | 120.27 | 0.000 |
95% CI | 10.7-15.9 | 54.4-63.0 | ||||||
One | 18(10.2) | 0.281 | 20(11.4) | 21(12.2) | 0.02 | 0.883 | ||
95% CI | 8.4-14.7 | 12(7.0) | 1.17 | 14.1-12.5 | ||||
Two or more | 5(2.8) | 6(3.5)) | 0.12 | 0.730 | 114(64.8) | 9(5.2) | 134.94 | 0.000 |
95% CI | 12.8-14.2 | 44.3-74.9 | ||||||