Table 1.
Associations with TB treatment failure, death and default for all TB patients (new and retreatment)
Sample characteristics at baseline (<4 weeks TB treatment) (N=1196)
| Total sample | TB treatment outcome | ||
| Cured/complete | Failure, and default | ||
| Socioeconomic factors | |||
| Age in years | |||
| All | 695 (70.0) | 209 (30.0) | |
| 18–34 | 565 (48.0) | 320 (69.1) | 143 (30.9) |
| 35–44 | 329 (28.0) | 195 (72.2) | 75 (27.8) |
| 45 or more | 283 (24.0) | 168 (69.4) | 74 (30.6) |
| Missing | 19 | ||
| Gender | |||
| Female | 302 (25.7) | 175 (72.0) | 68 (28.0) |
| Male | 873 (74.3) | 504 (69.0) | 226 (31.0) |
| Missing | 21 | ||
| Education | |||
| Grade 7 or less | 384 (32.6) | 226 (68.5) | 104 (31.5) |
| Grade 8–11 | 568 (48.2) | 337 (70.6) | 140 (29.4) |
| Grade 12 or more | 227 (19.3) | 125 (71.8) | 49 (28.2) |
| Missing | 17 | ||
| Poverty index (5–20) | |||
| Low (5) | 325 (29.3) | 187 (72.5) | 71 (27.5) |
| Medium (6–12 | 542 (48.9) | 296 (64.1) | 166 (35.9) |
| High (13–20) | 242 (21.8) | 161 (78.9) | 43 (21.1) |
| Missing | 87 | ||
| Household income | |||
| Formal salary | 249 (24.3) | 144 (69.2) | 64 (30.8) |
| Family contributions | 392 (38.2) | 231 (71.1) | 94 (28.9) |
| Social grants | 213 (20.8) | 121 (71.6) | 48 (28.4) |
| No income | 171 (16.7) | 84 (60.9) | 54 (39.1) |
| Missing | 171 | ||
| Dwelling type | |||
| Shack/traditional | 389 (35.4) | 202 (63.3) | 117 (36.7) |
| Permanent | 711 (64.6) | 423 (72.1) | 164 (27.9) |
| Missing | |||
| Health district | |||
| Nelson Mandela | 565 (47.3) | 378 (76.4) | 117 (23.6) |
| Siyanda | 76 (6.4) | 57 (79.2) | 15 (20.8) |
| eThekwini | 554 (46.4) | 259 (60.9) | 166 (39.1) |
| Missing | 96 | ||
| Health variables | |||
| Retreatment patient | 375 (31.7) | 201 (63.6) | 115 (36.4) |
| HIV positive | 644 (54.3) | 352 (67.8) | 167 (32.2) |
| Perceived health status | |||
| Excellent/very good | 227 (19.2) | 139 (75.1) | 46 (24.9) |
| Good | 416 (35.1) | 254 (71.3) | 102 (28.7) |
| Fair/poor | 541 (45.7) | 297 (67.0) | 146 (33.0) |
| Missing | 12 | ||
| Chronic conditions | |||
| 0 | 705 (69.7) | 421 (70.6) | 175 (29.4) |
| 1 | 173 (17.1) | 104 (67.5) | 50 (32.5) |
| 2 | 69 (6.8) | 37 (66.1) | 19 (33.9) |
| 3 or more | 65 (6.4) | 39 (73.6) | 14 (26.4) |
| Missing | 184 | ||
| Psychological distress (Kessler 10 >15 score) |
930 (83.6) | 516 (68.1) | 282 (30.6) |
| Daily or almost daily tobacco use | 449 (40.1) | 269 (69.9) | 116 (30.1) |
| Alcohol (AUDIT 20 or more) | 321 (26.8) | 208 (73.2) | 76 (26.8) |