Table 2.
Health status of the index cases during posttreatment follow-up
| Follow-up months | Healthy and working | Healthy but not working due to other reasons | Not working due to poor health after TB treatment | Number of dead | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At 3 months | |||||
| Living status | 10 (66.67) | 2 (13.33) | 2 (6.67) | 1 (6.67) | 15 (100) |
| Number of index cases with TB symptoms | 1 (6.67) | 0 | 2 (13.33) | 3 (20) | |
| At 6 months | |||||
| Living status | 32 (65.31) | 11 (22.45) | 4 (8.16) | 2 (4.08) | 49 (100) |
| Number of index cases with TB symptoms | 3 (6.12) | 2 (4.08) | 4 (8.16) | 9 (18.37) | |
| At 9 months | |||||
| Living status | 64 (66.67) | 18 (18.75) | 8 (8.33) | 6 (6.25) | 96 (100) |
| Number of index cases with TB symptoms | 4 (4.17) | 2 (2.08) | 8 (8.33) | 14 (14.58) | |
| At 12 months | |||||
| Living status | 143 (76.47) | 19 (10.16) | 15 (8.02) | 10 (5.35) | 187 (100) |
| Number of index cases with TB symptoms | 10 (5.35) | 3 (1.60) | 13 (6.95) | 26 (13.90) | |
| At 18 months | |||||
| Living status | 146 (79.78) | 12 (6.56) | 11 (6.01) | 14 (7.65) | 183 (100) |
| Number of index cases with TB symptoms | 7 (3.83) | 4 (2.19) | 11 (6.01) | 22 (12.02) | |
| At 24 months | |||||
| Living status | 26 (59.09) | 1 (2.27) | 2 (4.55) | 15 (34.09) | 44 (100) |
| Number of index cases with TB symptoms | 1 (2.27) | 0 | 1 (2.27) | 2 (4.55) | |
TB: Tuberculosis