Table 2. Reasons for non-enrollment in treatment among MDR-TB patients.
Categories | No. of cases | Proportion (%) |
---|---|---|
Economic hardship | 111 | 23.0 |
Out-migration for work | 87 | 18.0 |
Concern about work and studies | 66 | 13.7 |
Belief of being cured | 60 | 12.4 |
Death after diagnosis | 47 | 9.8 |
Non-standard treatment in other hospitals | 45 | 9.3 |
Unknown address or inability to be contacted | 35 | 7.3 |
Other severe disease or too weak | 25 | 5.2 |
Migrants from other provinces | 6 | 1.2 |
Total | 482 | 100 |