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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Open Infect Dis J. 2018 May 18;10:37–42. doi: 10.2174/1874279301810010037

Table 2.

TB treatment outcomes in relation to different types of DOT supporter in Mirpurkhas and Hyderabad districts of Sindh Province Pakistan

Category Family Supporter Health Facility Supporter Community Supporter Statistical Indicator

Starting Treatment 671 43 59 χ2 = 12.86
df =10
p =0.23
n (%) (86.8%) (5.56%) (7.63%)

Treatment Success 540 34 43
n (%) (80.4%) (79.06%) (73%)

Defaulted 72 4 11
n (%) (10.7%) (9.3%) (18.64%)

Failure 6 2 1
n (%) (0.89%) (4.65%) (1.64%)

Died 35 1 2
n (%) (5.2%) (2.32%) (3.38%)

Transferred Out 18 2 2
n (%) (2.68%) (4.65%) (3.38%)

Total 671 43 59 773