Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of MDR-TB study participants (n = 200)
| Variable | Categories | Total | With MDE | Without MDE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Gender | Female | 161 | 80.5 | 18 | 85.7 | 143 | 79.9 |
| Male | 39 | 19.5 | 3 | 14.3 | 36 | 20.1 | |
| Age category (years) | 21–29 | 65 | 32.5 | 7 | 33.3 | 58 | 32.4 |
| 30–39 | 87 | 43.5 | 11 | 52.4 | 76 | 42.5 | |
| 40–55 | 48 | 24.0 | 3 | 14.3 | 45 | 25.1 | |
| Race/ethnicity | Black | 196 | 98.0 | 20 | 95.2 | 176 | 98.3 |
| Colored/Indian | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 4.8 | 3 | 1.7 | |
| Education | < Grade 12 | 109 | 54.5 | 13 | 61.9 | 96 | 53.6 |
| ≥ Grade 12 | 91 | 45.5 | 8 | 38.1 | 83 | 46.4 | |
| Marital status | Married/stable partnership | 113 | 56.5 | 12 | 57.1 | 101 | 56.4 |
| Casual partnership | 20 | 10.0 | 3 | 14.3 | 17 | 9.5 | |
| No relationship/partnership | 67 | 33.5 | 6 | 28.6 | 61 | 34.1 | |
| Income per month | ≤ R1000 | 119 | 59.5 | 14 | 66.7 | 105 | 58.7 |
| R1001–R5000 | 58 | 29.0 | 6 | 28.6 | 52 | 29.1 | |
| ≥ R5001 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | 4.8 | 22 | 12.3 | |
| Infection status | MDR-TB (i.e., mono-infection) | 21 | 10.5 | 3 | 14.3 | 18 | 10.1 |
| MDR-TB and HIV+ (i.e., coinfection) | 179 | 89.5 | 18 | 85.7 | 161 | 89.9 | |
| Major depressive episode (MDE) | No | 179 | 89.5 | – | – | – | – |
| Yes | 21 | 10.5 | – | – | – | – | |
MDE = major depressive episode; MDR-TB = multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.