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Table 2 Patient characteristics and type of DOT

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

  

JDWNRH

N = 111

PGH

N = 28

Ambulatory

Home-based

Total

Int

Cont

Int

Cont

Int

Cont

Int

Cont

N %

N %

N %

N %

N %

N %

N %

N %

All Cases

139

65 (58.6)

3 (2.7)

21 (75.0)

5 (17.9)

5 (3.6)

8 (5.8)

48 (34.5)

68 (48.9)

Type of TB

 SPPT

72

48 (85.7)

3 (5.4)

12 (75.0)

0

2 (2.8)

3 (37.5)

9 (12.5)

39 (57.4)

 SNPT

15

2 (14.3)

0

1 (100.0)

1 (100.0)

0

1 (12.5)

11 (73.3)

6 (8.8)

 EPT

39

9 (25.8)

0

2 (50.0)

0

3 (7.7)

0

28 (71.8)

18 (26.5)

 MDR-TB

13

6 (100.0)

0

6 (85.7)

1 (14.9)

0

4 (50.0)

0

5 (7.4)

Age group

 0 to 14

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

2 (40.0)

4 (5.9)

 15 to 49

123

63 (63.0)

3 (3.0)

20 (80.0)

5 (20.0)

5 (4.1)

8 (100.0)

40 (32.5)

60 (88.2)

  ≥ 50

11

2 (22.2)

0

1 (50.0)

0

0

0

6 (54.5)

4 (5.9)

Treatment category

 New

125

58 (56.9)

3 (2.9)

16 (69.6)

2 (8.7)

5 (4.0)

5 (62.5)

45 (36.0)

62 (91.2)

 Retreatment

14

7 (77.8)

0

5 (100.0)

3 (60.0)

0

3 (37.5)

3 (21.4)

6 (8.8)

Gender

 Male

58

22 (48.9)

2 (4.4)

9 (69.2)

3 (23.1)

3 (5.2)

5 (62.5)

24 (41.4)

25 (36.8)

 Female

81

43 (65.2)

1 (1.5)

12 (80.0)

2 (13.3)

2 (2.5)

3 (37.5)

24 (29.6)

43 (63.2)

  1. Cont- continuation phase
  2. EPT- extra pulmonary tuberculosis
  3. Int- intensive phase
  4. JDWNRH- Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National referral hospital
  5. MDR-TB- multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis
  6. PGH- Phuentsholing General Hospital