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Table 1 Characteristics of patients screened using strategy 1 and 2 in a mobile van intervention in District Mewat, Haryana, India, 2016

From: Comparison of clinical and cost-effectiveness of two strategies using mobile digital x-ray to detect pulmonary tuberculosis in rural India

Characteristics

Strategy 1

Strategy 2

N (%)

N (%)

Total

121 (100)

596 (100)

Sex

 Male

73 (60)

355 (60)

 Female

45 (37)

241 (40)

 Missing

03 (3)

0 (0)

Age group

  < 15 years

9 (7)

53 (9)

 15–44

52 (43)

214 (36)

 45–64

52 (43)

246 (41)

 65 years and above

8 (7)

83 (14)

Symptoms

 Cough

116 (96)

590 (99)

 Hemoptysis

9 (7)

6 (1)

 Fever

57 (47)

229 (38)

 Weight loss

43 (35)

13 (2)

 Abnormal CXR s/o TB

39 (32)

214 (36)

  1. CXR = chest x-ray, TB = Tuberculosis, *may have multiple responses