Table 1.

Distribution of psychological distress across participant characteristics at baseline

		Psychological distress symptoms at 2 months (N=330)
Variable		No symptoms N (%)	Symptoms exist N (%)
Gender	Male	62 (32.5)	129 (67.5)
	Female	45 (32.4)	94 (67.6)
Age group (in years)	<35	84 (36.2)	148 (63.8)
	≥35	23 (23.7)	74 (76.3)
Smoking history	Smoker	4 (14.3)	24 (85.7)
	Nonsmoker	103 (34.1)	199 (65.9)
TB treatment history	First time treated	98 (38.1)	159 (61.9)
	Previously treated	9 (12.3)	64 (87.7)
HIV status	Nonreactive	103 (35.6)	186 (64.4)
	Reactive	4 (9.8)	37 (90.2)
Marital status	Married	59 (49.6)	60 (50.4)
	Unmarried	48 (22.7)	163 (77.3)
ART status	Not on ART	102 (36.7)	176 (63.3)
	On ART	5 (9.6)	47 (90.4)
Education status	High school or less	92 (32.6)	190 (67.4)
	Diploma or above	15 (31.2)	33 (68.8)
TB type	PTB	53 (28.2)	135 (71.8)
	MDR-TB	16 (30.2)	37 (69.8)
	EPTB	38 (42.7)	51 (57.3)
Employment status	Daily labor	11 (40.7)	16 (59.3)
	Unemployed	44 (28.8)	109 (71.2)
	Employed	52 (34.7)	98 (65.3)
Alcohol use disorder risk	No risk	99 (36.9)	169 (63.1)
	Risk exists	8 (12.9)	54 (87.1)
Economic status	Low	57 (23.5)	186 (76.5)
	High	50 (57.5)	37 (42.5)

TB, tuberculosis; ART, antiretroviral therapy; PTB, pulmonary TB; MDR-TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; EPTB, extra pulmonary TB.