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. 2024 Jul 4;48:86. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2024.48.86.43117

Table 2.

tuberculosis incidence and tuberculosis preventive therapy completion rate, N=395

Characteristic Frequency Percentage
Tuberculosis preventive therapy completion at 12 months
Yes 119 30.1%
No 276 69.9%
Tuberculosis occurrence
Yes 12 3.0%
No 383 97.0%
Timing of tuberculosis occurrence, n=12
Before tuberculosis preventive therapy initiation 6 50%
In the course of tuberculosis preventive therapy 6 50%
Tuberculosis incidence, n=389 6 1.5%
Tuberculosis preventive therapy completion at 12 months among participants who developed tuberculosis during the course of tuberculosis preventive therapy, n=6
Yes 1 16.7%
No 5 83.3%
Time taken to complete tuberculosis preventive therapy (months)
Minimum 4
Median (IQR) 7 (8)
Maximum 12
The time period between tuberculosis preventive therapy initiation and tuberculosis diagnosis (months)
Minimum 4
Median (IQR) 25 (30)
Maximum 48