Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants.
| Variables | Categories | Participants, No. (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 109) | Intervention (n = 52) | Control (n = 57) | ||
| Sex | Women | 37 (33.9) | 15 (28.8) | 22 (38.6) |
| Men | 72 (66.1) | 37 (71.2) | 35 (61.4) | |
| Marital status | Never married | 50 (45.9) | 23 (44.2) | 27 (47.4) |
| Married | 50 (45.9) | 28 (53.8) | 22 (38.6) | |
| Widowed | 2 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 2 (3.5) | |
| Divorced | 7 (6.4) | 1 (1.9) | 6 (10.5) | |
| Occupation status | No job | 22 (20.2) | 9 (17.3) | 13 (22.8) |
| Student | 4 (3.7) | 4 (7.7) | 0 (0) | |
| Farmer | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.8) | |
| Trader | 10 (9.2) | 5 (9.6) | 5 (8.8) | |
| Housewife | 9 (8.3) | 2 (3.8) | 7 (12.3) | |
| Government employee | 10 (9.2) | 5 (9.6) | 5 (8.8) | |
| Daily laborer | 42 (38.5) | 19 (36.5) | 23 (40.4) | |
| Other | 11 (10.1) | 8 (15.4) | 3 (5.3) | |
| Highest level of education | No formal education | 9 (8.3) | 3 (5.8) | 6 (10.5) |
| Primary | 41 (37.6) | 22 (42.3) | 19 (33.3) | |
| Secondary | 28 (25.7) | 12 (23.1) | 16 (28.1) | |
| Preparatory | 11 (10.1) | 5 (9.6) | 6 (10.5) | |
| University diploma | 9 (8.3) | 4 (7.7) | 5 (8.8) | |
| University diploma or above | 11 (10.1) | 6 (11.5) | 5 (8.8) | |
| Residential status | Lives alone | 13 (11.9) | 5 (9.6) | 8 (14.0) |
| Lives with family | 83 (76.1) | 42 (80.8) | 41 (71.9) | |
| Lives with friends | 5 (4.6) | 1 (1.9) | 4 (7.0) | |
| Homeless | 6 (5.5) | 3 (5.8) | 3 (5.3) | |
| Other | 2 (1.8) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (1.8) | |
| No. of cohabitants | ≤3 | 63 (57.8) | 32 (61.5) | 31 (54.4) |
| 4–6 | 37 (33.9) | 16 (30.8) | 21 (36.8) | |
| 7–9 | 7 (6.4) | 2 (3.8) | 5 (8.8) | |
| ≥10 | 2 (1.8) | 2 (3.8) | 0 (0) | |
| No. of bedrooms | 1 | 68 (62.4) | 33 (63.5) | 35 (61.4) |
| 2 | 30 (27.5) | 14 (26.9) | 16 (28.1) | |
| 3 | 6 (5.5) | 3 (5.8) | 3 (5.3) | |
| ≥4 | 5 (4.6) | 2 (3.8) | 3 (5.3) | |
| Household head | Yes | 61 (56.0) | 31 (59.6) | 30 (52.6) |
| No | 48 (44.0) | 21 (40.4) | 27 (47.4) | |
| Residency status | Permanent | 89 (81.7) | 40 (76.9) | 49 (85.9) |
| Temporary | 20 (18.3) | 12 (23.1) | 8 (14.0) | |
| Smoking, No./day | Never | 90 (82.6) | 46 (88.5) | 44 (77.2) |
| 1–5 | 18 (16.5) | 5 (9.6) | 13 (22.8) | |
| 6–10 | 1 (0.9) | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0) | |
| Khat (a stimulant) | Never | 87 (79.8) | 43 (82.7) | 44 (77.2) |
| 1/week | 10 (9.2) | 3 (5.8) | 7 (12.3) | |
| ≥2/week | 8 (7.3) | 4 (7.7) | 4 (7.0) | |
| 1/month | 4 (3.7) | 2 (3.8) | 2 (3.6) | |
| Alcohol | Never | 67 (61.5) | 35 (67.3) | 32 (56.1) |
| >1/day | 12 (11.0) | 5 (9.6) | 7 (12.3) | |
| 2-5/day | 19 (17.4) | 7 (13.5) | 12 (21.1) | |
| ≥6/day | 3 (2.8) | 1 (1.9) | 2 (3.5) | |
| Rarely | 8 (7.3) | 4 (7.7) | 4 (7.0) | |
| HIVa | Negative | 93 (86.1) | 44 (84.6) | 49 (87.5) |
| Positive | 15 (13.9) | 8 (15.4) | 7 (12.5) | |
| On antiretroviral (If HIV positive) | Yes | 11 (73.3) | 6 (75.0) | 5 (71.4) |
| No | 4 (26.7) | 2 (25.0) | 2 (28.6) | |
| TB treatment | New | 98 (89.9) | 46 (88.5) | 52 (91.2) |
| Relapse | 11 (10.1) | 6 (11.5) | 5 (8.8) | |
| Place of diagnosis | Study facility | 75 (68.8) | 33 (63.5) | 42 (73.7) |
| Health center | 3 (2.8) | 1 (1.9) | 2 (3.5) | |
| Public hospital | 10 (9.2) | 8 (15.4) | 2 (3.5) | |
| Private clinic/hospital | 20 (18.3) | 9 (17.3) | 11 (19.3) | |
| Other | 1 (0.9) | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0) | |
| TB test methodology | Microscopy | 41 (37.6) | 15 (28.8) | 26 (45.6) |
| Xpert MTB/RIF | 68 (62.4) | 37 (71.2) | 31 (54.4) | |
| Microscopy result (If test with Microscopy)b | 1-9 (Scanty) | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.0) |
| 1+ | 10 (25.6) | 5 (35.7) | 5 (20.0) | |
| 2+ | 12 (30.8) | 7 (50.0) | 5 (20.0) | |
| 3+ | 16 (41.0) | 2 (14.3) | 14 (56.0) | |
| Completed treatment (If ever treated for TB) | Yes | 11 (100) | 6 (100) | 5 (100) |
| No | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
TB: tuberculosis; ARV: antiretroviral; MTB/RIF: Mycobacterium tuberculosis/resistance to rifampicin.
a
1 missing value.
b
2 missing values.