Table 2.
Demographic Characteristics of Questionnaire Respondents
| Pre-solutions | Post-Solutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Adult Contacts | ||||
| Number | 20 | 30 | ||
| Age in yrs., median (range) | 46.5 (19; 74) | 35 (18; 85) | ||
| Female Gender | 12 | 60% | 21 | 70% |
| Phase of Cascade | ||||
| Identified (no testing done) | 20 | 100% | 3 | 10% |
| Completed symptom screen +/− TST | – | – | 12 | 40% |
| Medical investigations in-progress/completed | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Recommended LTBI treatment | – | – | 15 | 50% |
| Parents of child contacts | ||||
| Number | 20 | 19 | ||
| Age of parent in yrs., median (range) | 37.5 (23; 71) | 32 (18; 44) | ||
| Age of youngest child in yrs., median (range) | 2 (1; 5) | 3 (1; 5) | ||
| Phase of Cascade | ||||
| Identified (no testing done) | 20 | 100% | 1 | 5% |
| Completed symptom screen +/− TST | – | – | 6 | 32% |
| Medical investigations in- progress/completed | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Recommended LTBI treatment | – | – | 12 | 63% |
| Index Patients (with active TB) | ||||
| Number | 20 | 16 | ||
| Age in yrs., median (range) | 38.5 (23; 78) | 42.5 (21; 80) | ||
| Female gender | 5 | 25% | 4 | 25% |
| Health care workers | ||||
| Number | 20 | 25* | ||
| Job Title | ||||
| Doctor | 0 | 0% | 1 | 4% |
| Nurse | 17 | 85% | 18 | 72% |
| Other | 3 | 15% | 6 | 24% |
*2 health care workers completed both a pre and post solutions questionnaire