Table 1 Characteristics of TB patients participating in the study by country
From: Living with tuberculosis: a qualitative study of patients’ experiences with disease and treatment
Characteristic | Brazil | Russia | India | China | South Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Self-reported gender | |||||
Female | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Male | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Healthcare coverage | |||||
Public | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Private | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Both | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Socio-economic statusa | |||||
High | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Medium | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Low | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Not provided | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
TB treatment status | |||||
1st line | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
2nd line or more | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Treatment complete | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Treatment break | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Risk factorsb | |||||
None | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
HIV | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Childhood TB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Depression | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MDR-TB | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
History of typhoid | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Childhood homelessness | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CV disease | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alcoholism | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hepatitis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hypertension | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Overcrowding | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Works as a miner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Homelessness | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Smoker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Number of family participants | 6 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 21 |
Households with ≥ 1child: | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
No preventive medication | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Preventive medication | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Previous preventive medication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TB diagnosis for child | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Child status not disclosed | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |