Table 1.
Baseline socio-economic and treatment characteristics of TB patients, Nepal 2019
| Socio-economic characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Male | 147 (67) |
| Age, mean (SD) | 48 (16) |
| Completed education, n (%)a | |
| No education | 146 (66) |
| Basic school | 42 (19) |
| Secondary school | 33 (15) |
| Occupation, n (%) | |
| Farmer | 39 (18) |
| Manual labour | 47 (21) |
| Unemployed | 60 (27) |
| Others | 75 (34) |
| Patient income quartile, n (%) | |
| Poorest | 94 (43) |
| Moderately poor | 19 (9) |
| Average | 54 (24) |
| Wealthiest | 54 (24) |
| Household income quartile, n (%) | |
| Poorest | 69 (31) |
| Moderately poor | 44 (20) |
| Average | 58 (26) |
| Wealthiest | 50 (23) |
| Source of drinking water, n (%) | |
| Piped | 74 (33) |
| Others | 147 (67) |
| Toilet facilities, n (%)b | |
| No toilets | 41 (19) |
| Public sewerage | 6 (3) |
| Others | 173 (79) |
| Access to electricity, n (%) | 202 (93) |
| Assets, n (%) | |
| Mobile/phone | 200 (92) |
| Refrigerator | 31 (14) |
| Television | 122 (56) |
| Radio | 76 (35) |
| Bicycle | 144 (66) |
| Motorbike | 44 (20) |
| Livestock | 156 (71) |
| Treatment characteristics | n (%), mean (SD) |
| Treatment status, n (%) | |
| New | 214 (97) |
| Retreatment and relapse | 7 (3) |
| HIV status, n (%) | |
| Positive | 2 (1) |
| Negative | 153 (69) |
| Unknown | 66 (30) |
| Hospitalization during pretreatmentc, n (%) | 28 (13) |
| Hospitalization during treatment, n (%) | 3 (1) |
| Number of visits to health providers, pretreatmentc, mean (SD) | 3.7 (2.2) |
| Type of service visitedd, n (%) | |
| Public health centres/hospitals | 413 (52) |
| Private clinics/hospitals | 213 (27) |
| Otherse | 172 (21) |
| Number of visits to health providers, treatment, mean (SD) | 2.2 (1.3) |
| Treatment characteristics | n (%) |
| Type of services visitedf, n (%) | |
| Public health centres/hospitals | 411 (87) |
| Private clinics/hospitals | 26 (5) |
| Othersd | 36 (8) |
Total sample = 221.
a
Basic schools = primary level/lower secondary level (1–8 years of education).
b
One missing data.
c
Seven patients were excluded from the analysis.
d
One visit was missed.
e
NGOs and informal providers such as pharmacists and traditional healers.
f
Thirteen missing data.
HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; SD, standard deviation.