Table 4. Comparison of individual level factors among children successfully treated for TB, by treatment strategy, registered in Gujarat State, India, June-September 2012.
| Characteristics | Treatment Strategy | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family DOT (Intervention districts) | Non-Family DOT (Usual-practice districts) | ||||
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Total (treatment success) | 344 | 100 | 247 | 100 | |
| Number of Missed doses during treatmenta | |||||
| None | 271 | 78.8 | 181 | 73.9 | 0.19 |
| 1–3 doses | 47 | 13.7 | 35 | 14.3 | |
| ≥4 doses | 26 | 7.6 | 29 | 11.8 | |
| Weight gain during treatment (in Kg) | |||||
| Mean (SD)b | 2.86 | (2.30) | 2.67 | (1.69) | 0.88 |
a Treatment card was missing information on dosage information for 2 children. Chi-square test was used for assessing difference between the proportions.
b Weight gain could not be determined for 46 children whose end of treatment information weight was missing. We used Wilcoxon Mann Whitney test (a non-parametric test) for assessing statistical significance since the variable was not normally distributed.