Table 2 Description of clinical and alcohol-related characteristics of tuberculosis patients attending the tuberculosis unit of public health institutions, Gede’o zone, South Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 409)
Variables | Categories | Number (%) |
|---|---|---|
Classification of TB | Pulmonary | 302 (73.8) |
Extra-pulmonary | 107 (26.2) | |
Phase of treatment | Intensive phase | 250 (61.1) |
Continuation phase | 159 (38.9) | |
Treatment status | New case | 347 (84.8) |
Re-treatment case | 62 (15.2) | |
Comorbidity | TB/HIV comorbidity | 71 (17.4) |
Other comorbid condition | 22 (5.4) | |
No comorbidity | 316 (77.2) | |
Family history of mental Illness | Yes | 23 (5.6) |
No | 386 (94.4) | |
Duration of illness | < 6 months | 78 (19.1) |
6–12 months | 236 (57.7) | |
> = 12 months | 95 (23.2) | |
Hazardous alcohol use | No | 327 (80) |
Yes | 82 (20) |