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Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of respondents and their compliance (n = 200)

From: High non-compliance rate with anti-tuberculosis treatment: a need to shift facility-based directly observed therapy short course (DOTS) to community mobile outreach team supervision in Saudi Arabia

Variable

Default (Non-compliance)

P value

Yes n (%)

No n (%)

 

Gender

 Male

19 (14.2)

115 (85.8)

0.306

 Female

6 (9.1)

60 (90.9)

Age group

 Under 25

3 (5.9)

48 (94.1)

0.009

 25 to 50

13 (11.1)

104 (88.9)

 More than 50

9 (28.1)

23 (71.9)

Educational status

 Till primary or less

21 (15.1)

118 (84.9)

0.092

 More than primary

4 (6.6)

57 (93.4)

Nationality

 Saudi

3 (5.2)

55 (94.8)

0.045

 Non-Saudi

22 (15.5)

120 (84.5)

TB site

 Pulmonary

20 (12.4)

141 (87.6)

0.946

 Extra pulmonary

5 (12.8)

34 (87.2)

Treatment group

 Served by Mobile teams

3 (3.0)

97 (97.0)

< 0.001

 Facility-based DOTS treatment

22 (22.0)

78 (78.0)