Table 2.
Specific pandemic and post-pandemic conditions potentially associated with the likelihood of TB patients dropping out of treatment and impact of the pandemic on their income, by period (2020–2021 vs 2022) and treatment outcome.
| Conditions potentially affecting treatment outcome | 2020–2021 | 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N° (%) | N° (%) | p-value | N° (%) | N° (%) | p-value | |
| Treated | Lost | Treated | Lost | |||
| Difficult in reaching the facility | 14 (51.9) | 15 (50.0) | 0.889 | 7 (50.0) | 4 (26.7) | 0.264 |
| Fear of SARS-CoV-2 testing | 20 (71.4) | 18 (60.0) | 0.360 | 5 (33.3) | 5 (33.3) | >0.999 |
| Fear of a positive test for SARS-CoV-2 | 22 (78.6) | 17 (56.7) | 0.076 | 8 (53.3) | 7 (43.3) | 0.594 |
| Fear of social isolation | 16 (57.1) | 21 (70.0) | 0.309 | 7 (50.0) | 7 (46.7) | 0.858 |
| Known lack of staff | 10 (35.7) | 10 (35.7) | >0.999 | 6 (37.5) | 5 (31.2) | 0.710 |
| Known unavailability of drugs | 14 (50.0) | 14 (50.0) | >0.999 | 4 (25.00) | 8 (50.0) | 0.144 |
| Reduced income due to the pandemic | 17 (60.7) | 20 (69.0) | 0.514 | 9 (56.3) | 7 (43.7) | 0.480 |