Characteristics (N = 383) | n | N | Weighted percent (95% CI) |
---|---|---|---|
Age in years | Â | Â | Â |
 18 – 25 | 53 | 383 | 13.9% (10.5-18.2) |
 26 – 44 | 244 | 383 | 63.8% (58.3-69.0) |
 45 – 54 | 54 | 383 | 14.2% (10.6-18.6) |
 ≥55 | 31 | 383 | 8.1 (5.7-11.6) |
Sex | Â | Â | Â |
 Female | 172 | 383 | 45.0% (39.5-50.6) |
 Male | 211 | 383 | 55.0% (49.4-60.5) |
Type of diagnostic test | Â | Â | Â |
 Sputum microscopy | 363 | 383 | 94.8% (93.0-96.2) |
 Gene Xpert | 20 | 383 | 5.2% (3.8-7.0) |
Type of health facility | Â | Â | Â |
 Provincial hospital | 18 | 383 | 4.7% (3.1-6.9) |
 District/mission hospital | 237 | 383 | 61.8% (58.5-64.9) |
 Urban municipal | 73 | 383 | 19.1% (16.7-21.8) |
 Rural primary healthcare facility | 55 | 383 | 14.5% (11.4-18.2) |
Diagnosing centre | Â | Â | Â |
 Same as DOT facility | 280 | 373 | 75.1% (71.8-78.2) |
 Different from DOT facility | 93 | 373 | 24.9% (21.8-28.3) |
 Missing | 10 | 383 | 2.6% |
HIV tested | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 6 | 376 | 1.6% (0.8-3.4) |
 Yes | 370 | 376 | 98.4% (96.6-99.2) |
 Missing | 7 | 383 | 1.9% |
HIV status | Â | Â | Â |
 HIV-negative | 140 | 370 | 37.9% (32.6-43.6) |
 HIV-positive | 230 | 370 | 62.1% (56.4-67.4) |
HIV + ve patient on CPT/ART prior to TB treatment |  |  |  |
 No | 72 | 230 | 31.2% (25.4-37.6) |
 Yes | 158 | 230 | 68.8 (62.4-74.7) |
Staying with anyone currently on TB treatment | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 348 | 383 | 90.9% (86.3-95.3) |
 Yes | 35 | 383 | 9.1% (6.3-13.1) |
Education | Â | Â | Â |
 More than secondary | 20 | 382 | 5.3% (3.3-8.4) |
 Secondary | 192 | 382 | 50.3% (45.0-55.6) |
 Primary | 145 | 382 | 38.0% (33.1-43.1) |
 No education | 25 | 382 | 6.5% (4.2-9.8) |
 Missing | 1 | 383 | 0.4% |
Employment status | Â | Â | Â |
 Formal employment | 40 | 379 | 10.7% (8.0-14.2) |
 Informal employment | 105 | 379 | 27.6% (23.1-32.6) |
 Unemployed | 234 | 379 | 61.8% (56.7-66.6) |
 Missing | 4 | 383 | 1.0% |
Residence | Â | Â | Â |
 Urban | 114 | 378 | 30.1% (26.1-34.5) |
 Rural | 264 | 378 | 69.9% (65.6-73.9) |
 Missing | 5 | 383 | 1.3% |
History of smoking | Â | Â | Â |
 Never smoked | 269 | 380 | 70.7% (65.3-75.5) |
 Current smoker | 26 | 380 | 6.8% (4.3-10.6) |
 Quit smoking | 86 | 380 | 22.5% (18.3-27.4) |
 Missing | 3 | 383 | 0.8% |
History of alcohol use | Â | Â | Â |
 Never | 213 | 373 | 57.0% (51.4-62.4) |
 Current drinker | 29 | 373 | 7.7% (5.5-10.6) |
 Quit alchohol use | 132 | 373 | 35.3% (30.2-40.9) |
 Missing | 10 | 383 | 2.6% |
Previous contact with TB patient | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 210 | 383 | 54.8% (48.4-62.1) |
 Yes | 173 | 383 | 45.2% (39.8-50.6) |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â |
 Married | 225 | 380 | 59.3% (53.6-64.7) |
 Single | 67 | 380 | 17.6% (13.7-22.4) |
 Divorced/separated | 35 | 380 | 9.3% (6.6-12.9) |
 Widowed | 52 | 380 | 13.8% (10.2-18.4) |
 Missing | 3 | 383 | 0.8% |
Took self medication from pharmacy | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 335 | 383 | 87.5% (84.0-90.3) |
 Yes | 48 | 383 | 12.5% (9.7-16.0) |
Took traditional medicine | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 348 | 383 | 90.8% (87.3-93.4) |
 Yes | 35 | 383 | 9.2% (6.6-12.7) |
Visited a private practitioner | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 354 | 383 | 92.4% (89.4-94.7) |
 Yes | 29 | 383 | 7.6% (5.4-10.6) |
Health care visits prior to diagnosis | Â | Â | Â |
 1 | 173 | 378 | 45.6% (40.2-51.1) |
 2 | 121 | 378 | 31.9% (26.9-37.3) |
 3 | 40 | 378 | 10.5% (7.6-14.4) |
 ≥4 | 45 | 378 | 12.0% (9.1-15.7) |
 Missing | 5 | 383 | 1.2% |
Time taken to reach health facility | Â | Â | Â |
 <30 minutes | 150 | 377 | 39.9% (35.1-44.8) |
 30mins - 1 hour | 101 | 377 | 26.7% (21.9-32.0) |
 >1 hour | 126 | 377 | 33.5% (28.6-38.8) |
 Missing | 6 | 383 | 1.5% |
Distance to health facility(in km) | Â | Â | Â |
 ≤5 | 122 | 331 | 36.8% (32.3-41.6) |
 6 – 15 | 64 | 331 | 19.5% (15.4-24.3) |
 16 – 30 | 55 | 331 | 16.5% (12.3-21.8) |
 ≥30 | 90 | 331 | 27.2% (22.4-32.5) |
Missing | 52 | 383 | 13.7% |
Difficulty in accessing transport to health centre | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 322 | 383 | 84.2% (78.9-89.5) |
 Yes | 61 | 383 | 15.8% (12.1-20.5) |
Ever heard of TB before diagnosis | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 43 | 365 | 88.1% (83.6-91.5) |
 No | 322 | 365 | 11.9% (8.5-16.4) |
 Missing | 18 | 383 | 4.8% |