Table 1.
Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of respondents (n = 200).
| Characteristic |
Intervention arm (n = 100) |
Control arm (n = 100) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Age (Mean ± SD) | 34.76(±13.05) | 34.94 (±12.88) | 0.922† | |
| Gender | Male | 64 (64%) | 69 (69%) | 0.454* |
| Female | 36 (36%) | 31 (31%) | ||
| Nationality | Saudi | 32 (32%) | 26 (26%) | 0.792* |
| Non-Saudi | 68 (68%) | 74 (74%) | ||
| Educational status | No formal education or till Primary | 68 (68%) | 68 (68%) | 0.188* |
| Till grade 10th | 19 (19%) | 23 (23%) | ||
| Till grade 12th | 12 (12%) | 8 (8%) | ||
| Bachelors and above | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| TB type | Pulmonary | 75 (75%) | 86 (86%) | 0.052* |
| Extra pulmonary | 25 (25%) | 14 (14%) | ||
| Smoking status | Current smoker | 22 (22%) | 3 (3%) | <0.001* |
| Non smoker | 78 (78%) | 97 (97%) | ||
†Independent T Test.
* Chi-square test.