Table 1.

Description of TB patients and their treatment per province

	Anhui (n = 105)	Ningxia (n = 104)	Jiangxi (n = 105)	Guizhou (n = 105)	Ganshu (n = 105)	Total (n = 524)
participation (%)	95.2	94.2	93.3	92.4	94.3	94.2
male (%)	77.1	59.6	78.1	69.5	62.9	69.5
Mean age (SD) in years	51.5 ± 16.4	46.6 ± 17.7	44.7 ± 13.9	46.4 ± 18.8	49.1 ± 19.5	47.7 ± 17.5
previously treated patients (%)	2.9	15.4	7.6	10.5	9.5	9.2
without formal education (%)	17.1	54.8	8.6	16.2	39.0	27.1
aware of free policy for TB diagnosis and treatment (%)	49.5	70.2	74.3	44.8	89.5	65.6
Distance from home to village clinics (%)
< 1 km	42.9	37.5	29.5	5.7	53.3	33.8
1-2 km	40.0	18.3	47.6	55.2	29.5	38.2
> 2 km	17.1	44.2	22.9	39.1	17.2	28.1
Distance from home to diagnostic and re-examination center
< 20 km	36.2	30.8	43.8	21.9	39	34.4
20-40 km	27.6	34.6	40	35.2	36.2	34.7
> 40 km	36.2	34.6	16.2	42.9	24.8	30.9
with DOT during intensive phase (%)	26.7	43.3	31.4	9.5	35.2	29.2
with DOT during continuation phase (%)	24.8	37.5	30.5	8.6	28.6	26.0

SD = standard deviation; DOT = direct observation of treatment