Table 1.

Patients’ social demographic and clinical baseline characteristics

Variable	Categories	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Age group (years)	≤14	3	1.0
	15–24	51	17.0
	25–44	176	58.7
	45–54	42	14.0
	55–64	16	5.3
	≥65	12	4.0
Sex	Male	199	66.3
	Female	101	33.7
Residence	Ilala	106	35.3
	Temeke	113	37.7
	Ubungo	25	8.3
	Kinondoni	50	16.7
	Kigamboni	3	1.0
	Outside Dar es salaam	3	1.0
Marital status	Single	63	39.1
	Married	73	45.3
	Divorced	13	8.1
	Cohabiting	10	6.2
	Separated	1	0.6
	Widowed	1	0.6
HIV	Positive	89	30.1
Co-morbidity	Yes	108	36.4
MDR TB regimena	Short	84	28.2
	Long	152	51.0
	Individualized	62	20.8
Change in regimen	Yes	39	13.7
Adverse effect	Yes	81	27.0
Long-term medication use	Yes	100	33.0
Concomitant long-term drugs	ART	85	85.0
	Other drugs	15	15.0

^aMedications used in the short, individualized and long-term regimens (Table S1, available as Supplementary data at JAC-AMR Online).