Table 3 Completeness: number and proportion of patient records with a value recorded for select TB indicators, by data source (n = 1077)
Variable | TB Blue Card n (%) | TB Register n (%) | ETR Initial Database n (%) | ETR District Database n (%) | ETR Provincial Database n (%) | ETR National Database n (%) | p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age or date of birth | 1071 (99.4) | 1069 (99.3) | 1072 (99.5) | 1073 (99.6) | 1073 (99.6) | 1074 (99.7) | 0.67 |
Sex | 1063 (98.7) | 1069 (99.3) | 1069 (99.3) | 1072 (99.5) | 1074 (99.7) | 1076 (99.9) | 0.006 |
Patient category | 1055 (98.0) | 1061 (98.5) | 1071 (99.4) | 1073 (99.6) | 1069 (99.3) | 1071 (99.4) | 0.0002 |
Disease classification | 846 (78.6) | 1037 (96.3) | 1055 (98.0) | 1054 (97.9) | 890 (82.6) | 885 (82.2) | <0.0001 |
Pretreatment smear date | 666 (61.8) | 694 (64.4) | 627 (58.2) | 649 (60.3) | 568 (52.7) | 568 (52.7) | <0.0001 |
Pretreatment smear result | 634 (58.9) | 675 (62.7) | 622 (57.8) | 696 (64.6) | 563 (52.3) | 561(52.1) | <0.0001 |
Culture result | 132 (12.3) | 117 (10.9) | 45 (4.2) | 47 (4.4) | 44 (4.1) | 43 (4.0) | <0.0001 |
Treatment start date | 979 (90.9) | 1053 (97.8) | 1069 (99.3) | 1074 (99.7) | 1072 (99.5) | 1075 (99.8) | <0.0001 |
Treatment regimen | 991 (92.0) | 1039 (96.5) | 1075 (99.8) | 1076 (99.9) | 1071 (99.4) | 1076 (99.9) | <0.0001 |
HIV status | 689 (64.0) | 924 (85.8) | 581 (53.9) | ---a | ---a | ---a | <0.0001 |
CD4 count | 315 (29.2) | 345 (32.0) | 236 (21.9) | ---a | ---a | ---a | <0.0001 |
On ARV at TB tx start | 269 (25.0) | 518 (48.1) | 85 (8.0) | ---a | ---a | ---a | <0.0001 |
On ARV (anytime dur tx) | 264 (24.5) | 474 (44.0) | 172 (16.0) | ---a | ---a | ---a | <0.0001 |
On CPT | 354 (32.9) | 538 (50.0) | 257 (23.9) | ---a | ---a | ---a | <0.0001 |
DOT, intensive phase | 571 (53.0) | 578 (53.7) | 241 (22.3) | 208 (19.3) | 191 (17.7) | 191 (17.7) | <0.0001 |
Smr conversion rslt, 2 mo | 412 (38.3) | 466 (43.2) | 437 (40.6) | 435 (40.4) | 376 (34.9) | 372 (34.6) | <0.0001 |
Smr conversion rslt, 3 mo | 134 (12.4) | 155 (14.4) | 117 (10.9) | 128 (11.9) | 74 (6.9) | 71 (6.6) | <0.0001 |
DOT, end of treatment | 327 (30.3) | 220 (20.4) | 47 (4.4) | 39 (3.6) | 28 (2.6) | 30 (2.8) | <0.0001 |
Treatment outcome date | 857 (29.6) | 1009 (93.7) | 1043 (96.8) | 1054 (97.9) | 1051 (97.6) | 1045 (97.0) | <0.0001 |
Treatment outcome | 859 (79.8) | 1025 (95.2) | 1044 (96.9) | 1042 (96.8) | 1047 (97.2) | 1044 (96.9) | <0.0001 |