Table 3 Poor engagement with technology defined as proportion of participants with counts of days with no digital confirmation over intensive and full course of TB treatment

% -poor outcome

     < 4%

(1820/27307)

1

–

1

–

(7574/81424)

1

–

1

–

     > 4% to 7%

(1704/20370)

1.01

(0.88, 1.27)

1.02

(0.81, 1.28)

(5040/59171)

0.85

(0.71, 1.02)

0.86

(0.72, 1.02)

     > 7%^a

(1162/19638)

1.10

(0.87, 1.38)

1.12

(0.89, 1.41)

(5428/58508)

0.94

(0.79, 1.12)

0.96

(0.81, 1.15)

Age, in years

    18 to 24

(1543/19256)

1

–

1

–

(5701/56987)

1

–

1

–

    25 to 34

(1249/21570)

0.89

(0.73, 1.09)

0.89

(0.73, 1.09)

(5683/64224)

0.86

(0.74, 1.00)

0.86

(0.74, 0.99)

    35 + 

(1894/26489)

0.87

(0.72, 1.05)

0.87

(0.72, 1.05)

(6658/77892)

0.81

(0.71, 0.93)

0.81

(0.70, 0.93)

Sex

    Female

(1952/27322)

1

–

1

–

(6699/80183)

1

–

1

–

    Male

(2734/39993)

0.96

(0.82, 1.12)

0.97

(0.82, 1.13)

(11,343/118920)

1.06

(0.94, 1.20)

1.08

(0.96, 1.21)

HIV status^§

    Negative

(3955/58796)

1

–

1

–

(15,686/174676)

1

–

1

–

    Positive

(712/8278)

1.22

(0.97, 1.53)

1.29

(1.02, 1.63)

(2329/23738)

1.17

(0.99, 1.39)

1.28

(1.07, 1.53)

Previous TB

    No

(4420/63124)

1

–

1

–

(17,118/186625)

1

–

1

–

    Yes

(265/4168)

1.16

(0.85, 1.59)

1.18

(0.86, 1.62)

(923/12455)

1.06

(0.84, 1.34)

1.09

(0.86, 1.38)

Education

    None

(590/9765)

1

–

1

–

(2570/28867)

1

–

1

–

    Less than primary

(1832/24495)

1.12

(0.88, 1.42)

1.10

(0.85, 1.41)

(6975/71451)

1.19

(1.00, 1.43)

1.11

(0.92, 1.35)

    Primary completed

(789/11774)

1.03

(0.77, 1.36)

1.01

(0.75, 1.36)

(2833/35115)

1.06

(0.86, 1.30)

0.97

(0.77, 1.20)

    Secondary or more

(1475/21281)

1.09

(0.85, 1.40)

1.05

(0.81, 1.38)

(5664/63670)

1.10

(0.92, 1.33)

1.01

(0.83, 1.23)

Marital status

    Single

(1124/17321)

1

–

1

–

(4367/51838)

1

–

1

–

    Single/independent

(871/12552)

1.28

(1.01, 1.62)

1.31

(1.03, 1.67)

(3641/36595)

1.34

(1.13, 1.59)

1.38

(1.16, 1.64)

    Married/cohabiting

(2206/30546)

1.13

(0.92, 1.38)

1.22

(0.98, 1.50)

(7918/90404)

1.03

(0.89, 1.19)

1.13

(0.97, 1.32)

    Separated/widowed

(485/6896)

1.27

(0.96, 1.68)

1.40

(1.04, 1.90)

(2116/20266)

1.10

(0.89, 1.37)

1.26

(1.00, 1.58)

SEP

    Poorest

(1136/13328)

1

–

1

–

(4305/39618)

1

–

1

–

    Second

(695/13167)

0.86

(0.66, 1.11)

0.86

(0.66, 1.11)

(3421/38888)

0.91

(0.76, 1.10)

0.91

(0.75, 1.09)

    Middle

(1231/13076)

1.12

(0.88, 1.44)

1.12

(0.88, 1.43)

(4014/38276)

0.98

(0.82, 1.18)

0.97

(0.81, 1.17)

    Fourth

(693/13357)

0.90

(0.69, 1.16)

0.89

(0.69, 1.15)

(3246/40311)

0.88

(0.73, 1.05)

0.86

(0.72, 1.04)

    Wealthiest

(794/13091)

0.86

(0.66, 1.11)

0.87

(0.67, 1.12)

(2655/38259)

0.79

(0.65, 0.95)

0.79

(0.65, 0.96)

BC confirmed

    Yes

(2936/45052)

1

–

1

–

(12,081/133772)

1

–

1

–

    No

(1749/22240)

1.00

(0.84, 1.18)

1.00

(0.84, 1.18)

(5960/65308)

1.01

(0.89, 1.14)

1.01

(0.89, 1.14)