Table 2.
Perceived causes for TB symptoms among LDFU and non-LDFU patients
| LDFU n = 86 | Non-LDFU n = 50 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How reporteda | How reporteda | |||||||||
| Categorya | Total reported % | Spont % | Probe % | Most important % | Mean Prominenceb | Total reported % | Spont % | Probe % | Most important % | Mean Prominenceb |
| Ingestion | 36.0 | 5.8 | 30.2 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 58.0 | 12.0 | 50.0 | 8.0 | 0.9 |
| Food | 24.4 | 4.7 | 19.8 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 44.0 | 6.0 | 38.0 | 6.0 | 0.6 |
| Water | 27.9 | 1.2 | 26.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 32.0 | 6.0 | 26.0 | 2.0 | 0.4 |
| Substance use | 88.3 | 24.4 | 63.9 | 16.3 | 1.6 | 84.0 | 22.0 | 62.0 | 10.0 | 1.3 |
| Alcohol | 56.9 | 5.8 | 51.2 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 44.0 | 8.0 | 36.0 | 2.0 | 0.6 |
| Smoking | 69.7 | 20.9 | 48.8 | 11.6 | 1.3 | 66.0 | 20.0 | 46.0 | 8.0 | 1.1 |
| Environmental causes | 97.7 | 82.6 | 15.1 | 45.4 | 3.2 | 98.0 | 84.0 | 14.0 | 44.0 | 3.1 |
| Climate | 74.4 | 38.4 | 36.1 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 86.0 | 46.0 | 40.0 | 4.0 | 1.4 |
| Dust | 75.6 | 47.7 | 27.9 | 18.6 | 1.8 | 86.0 | 54.0 | 32.0 | 28.0 | 2.2 |
| Contamination | 69.8 | 27.9 | 41.8 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 56.0 | 10.0 | 46.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 |
| Airborne illness | 48.8 | 19.8 | 29.1 | 13.9 | 1.1 | 40.0 | 6.0 | 34.0 | 10.0 | 0.8 |
| Magico-religious courses | 93.0 | 70.9 | 22.0 | 15.1 | 2.1 | 98.0 | 62.0 | 36.0 | 14.0 | 2.0 |
| Evil eye/sorcery | 80.2 | 45.3 | 34.9 | 13.9 | 1.6 | 70.0 | 28.0 | 42.0 | 12.0 | 1.3 |
| Demons or Gods | 80.2 | 45.4 | 34.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 78.0 | 48.0 | 30.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 |
| Contact | 68.6 | 24.4 | 44.2 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 62.0 | 14.0 | 48.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 |
| Casual sexual contact | 22.1 | 5.8 | 16.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 34.0 | 2.0 | 32.0 | 2.0 | 0.4 |
| Contact with infected person | 62.8 | 20.9 | 41.9 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 50.0 | 12.0 | 38.0 | 6.0 | 0.8 |
| Other conditions | 68.6 | 24.4 | 44.2 | 10.5 | 1.2 | 78.0 | 24.0 | 54.0 | 8.0 | 1.3 |
| Prior illness | 27.9 | 1.2 | 26.7 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 38.0 | 4.0 | 34.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 |
| Heredity | 51.2 | 19.7 | 31.4 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 60.0 | 20.0 | 40.0 | 4.0 | 0.9 |
| Others | 17.4 | 3.5 | 13.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 34.0 | 2.0 | 32.0 | 0 | 0.4 |
LDFU loss to diagnostic follow-up, Non-LDFU non- loss to diagnostic follow-up, a Columns indicate percentage of reported categories and whether a category was identified as most troubling; b Mean prominence based on values assigned to each reported category (0 = not reported, 1 = reported after probing, 2 = reported spontaneously 3 = identified as most troubling 4 = most troubling and reported after probing 5 = most troubling and reported spontaneously