Using hospital auxiliary worker and 24-h TB services as potential tools to overcome in-hospital TB delays: a quasi-experimental study

Table 2 Clinic-epidemiological characteristics of the TB patients admitted to Beira and Nampula Central Hospitals, Mozambique

Characteristics	Before intervention			After intervention
Characteristics	Control site, no.	Intervention site, no.	P value (chi-square)	Control site, no.	Intervention site, no.	P value (chi-square)
Sex
Male	67	59	0.077	77	99	0.658
Female	49	44		59	68
Total	116	103		136	167
Age categories
15–24 years old	23	12	0.099	23	32	0.147
25–34 years old	39	44		43	51
35–44 years old	29	23		32	41
45–54 years old	13	16		17	27
> 55 years old	12	8		21	16
HIV status
Positive	72	84	0.010	72	139	0.010
Negative	44	19		64	28	0.010
Highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART)
On HAART	11	37	0.001	41	73	0.001
Not on HAART	105	66		95	94	0.001
History of TB treatment and sensitivity to drugs
New case	77	66	0.106	78	91	0.106
Relapse	33	25		43	45
MDR TB	6	12		15	31

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