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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: “Death is a better option than being treated like this”: a prevalence survey and qualitative study of depression among multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in-patients

Variable

Mean/%

Range/n

Age (mean)

35.28

18–80

Sex

Male

62%

93

Female

38%

57

Occupation

Student

7%

11

Farmer

11%

16

Labourer/factory/rickshaw driver/business

64%

96

Domestic servant

8%

12

Office-based (public or private)

2%

3

Unemployed

8%

12

Marital status

Single – never married

21%

32

Married

75%

113

Divorced/widowed

4%

5

Education

No schooling

29%

44

Primary/Junior

39%

59

Secondary (to grade 10)/higher

31%

47

Living location

Rural

46%

69

Urban

54%

81

Previously treated or new case

New MDR-TB case

34%

51

Previously treated

66%

99

Substance use

Any substance use

50%

75

No substance use

50%

75

Type of substance used (N = 75)

Current smoker

69%

52

Drug use

9%

7

Alcohol use

1%

1

Smokeless tobacco

13%

10

Multiple substance use

8%

5

History of mental disorder

Self-reported ‘yes’ to question: any history of mental disorder?

7%

10

Self-reported ‘no’ to question: any history of mental disorder?

93%

140

Co-morbidity

Self-reported ‘yes’ to question: any co-morbidities?

27%

40

Self-reported ‘no’ to question: any co-morbidities?

73%

110

Type of co-morbidity (N = 40)

Diabetes

50%

20

Cardiac disease

13%

5

High or low blood pressure

28%

11

Asthma

5%

2

Hernia

3%

1

Breast lump

3%

1

Kidney disease

3%

1