Table 1.
Characteristics of TB case-patients served by mobile teams and not served by mobile teams, Riyadh Region, 2013–2015.
| TB case-patient profile | All case-patients (n = 1600) | Mobile-team served (n = 934) | Non-mobile-team served (n = 666) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Sex | Male | 1145 | (71.56) | 674 | (72.16) | 471 | (70.72) |
| Female | 455 | (28.44) | 260 | (27.84) | 195 | (29.28) | |
| Age | Median (IQR) | 31 (25–46) | 30 (25–42) | 34 (26–53) | |||
| Nationality | Saudi | 651 | (40.69) | 268 | (28.69) | 383 | (57.51) |
| Non-Saudi | 949 | (59.31) | 666 | (71.31) | 283 | (42.49) | |
| Case-patient type | New | 1533 | (95.81) | 897 | (96.04) | 636 | (95.5) |
| Relapse | 67 | (4.91) | 37 | (3.96) | 30 | (4.5) | |
| TB site | Pulmonary | 1113 | (69.56) | 673 | (72.06) | 440 | (66.07) |
| Extrapulmonary | 447 | (27.94) | 237 | (25.37) | 210 | (31.53) | |
| Both | 40 | (2.50) | 24 | (2.57) | 16 | (2.40) | |
| AFB result | Positive | 938 | (58.63) | 609 | (65.20) | 329 | (49.4) |
| Negative | 478 | (29.88) | 295 | (31.58) | 183 | (27.48) | |
| Not done | 184 | (11.50) | 30 | (3.21) | 154 | (23.12) | |
| HIV status | Positive | 20 | (1.25) | 9 | (0.96) | 11 | (1.65) |
| Negative | 1058 | (66.13) | 755 | (80.84) | 303 | (45.50) | |
| Not done | 519 | (32.44) | 167 | (17.88) | 352 | (52.85) | |
| Treatment outcome | Successa | 1338 | (83.62) | 860 | (92.08) | 478 | (71.77) |
| Completed | 690 | (43.13) | 359 | (38.44) | 331 | (49.7) | |
| Cured | 648 | (40.5) | 501 | (53.64) | 147 | (22.07) | |
| Died | 73 | (4.56) | 11 | (1.18) | 62 | (9.31) | |
| Failed | 19 | (1.19) | 8 | (0.86) | 11 | (17.19) | |
| Lost to follow-up | 82 | (5.13) | 18 | (1.93) | 64 | (9.61) | |
| Not evaluated yet | 88 | (5.50) | 37 | (3.96) | 51 | (7.66) | |
AFB = acid-fast bacillus; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; IQR = interquartile range; TB = tuberculosis.
a
Treatment success = completed + cured.