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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants and DOT coverage

From: Implementation fidelity of hospital based directly observed therapy for tuberculosis treatment in Bhutan: mixed-method study

Variables

Total

Intensive Phase

Continuation Phase

n (%)

DOT

No DOT

DOT

No DOT

Gender

 Male

58 (41.7)

31 (53.4)

27 (46.6)

5 (8.6)

53 (91.4)

 Female

81 (58.3)

55 (67.9)

26 (32.1)

3 (3.7)

78 (96.3)

Age

 < 14 year

5 (3.6)

2 (40)

3 (60)

0

5 (100)

 15–49 year

123 (88.5)

81 (65.9)

42 (34.1)

8 (6.5)

115 (93.5)

 > 50 year

11 (7.9)

3 (27.3)

8 (72.7)

0

11 (100)

Residence

 Urban

98 (70.5)

64 (65.3)

34 (34.7)

7 (7.1)

91 (92.9)

 Urban slum

22 (15.8)

12 (54.5)

10 (45.5)

1 (4.5)

21 (95.5)

 Rural

19 (13.8)

10 (52.6)

9 (47.4)

0

19 (100)

Highest Education Level

 > Diploma

38 (27.3)

20 (52.6)

18 (47.4)

4 (10.5)

34 (89.5)

 Secondary

53 (38.1)

34 (64.2)

19 (35.8)

2(3.8)

51 (96.2)

 Primary School

12 (8.6)

8 (66.7)

4 (33.3)

1(8.3)

11 (91.7)

 No Education

36 (25.9)

24 (66.7)

12 (33.3)

1(2.8)

35 (97.2)

Occupation

 Civil servant

8 (5.8)

2 (25.0)

6 (75.0)

0

8 (100.0)

 Private employee

35 (25.2)

28 (80.0)

7 (20.0)

4 (11.4)

31 (88.6)

 Corporate employee

5 (3.6)

3 (60.0)

2 (40.0)

1 (20.0)

4 (80.0)

 Armed Force

7 (5.0)

5 (71.4)

2 (28.6)

0

7 (100.0)

 Student

28 (20.1)

15 (53.6)

13 (46.4)

2 (7.1)

26 (92.9)

 Others

56 (40.3)

33 (58.9)

23 (41.1)

1 (1.8)

55 (98.2)

Type of TB

 SPPT

72 (51.8)

60 (83.3)

12 (16.7)

3 (4.2)

69 (95.8)

 SNPT

15 (10.8)

3 (20.0)

12 (80.0)

1 (6.7)

14 (93.3)

 EPT

39 (28.1)

11 (28.2)

28 (71.8)

0

39 (100.0)

 MDR-TB

13 (9.3)

12 (92.3)

1 (7.7)

4 (30.8)

9 (69.2)

Treatment category

 New

125 (89.9)

74 (59.2)

51 (40.8)

5 (4.0)

120 (96.0)

 Retreatment

14 (10.1)

12 (85.7)

2 (14.3)

3 (21.4)

11 (78.6)

  1. DOT Directly observed treatment, EPT extra pulmonary tuberculosis, MDR-TB multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, SNPT smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis, SPPT smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis