Table 1 Demographics of patients treated at decentralized and centralized sites in 2016 and 2017 compared to 2015
From: Assessment of training and mentoring for DR-TB care decentralization in Tanzania
Year of enrollment (N) | 2015; (N = 119) | 2016; (N = 121) | 2016; (N = 36) | 2017; (N = 66) | 2017 (N = 107) | Total (N = 449) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type of initiating facility | KIDH (100%) | KIDH (77%) | Decentralized (23%) | KIDH (38%) | Decentralized (62%) | |
Variable | ||||||
Age | ||||||
≤ 30 years | 39 (33) | 37 (31) | 11 (30) | 12 (18) | 39 (36) | 138 (31) |
31–50 years | 54 (46) | 64 (53) | 19 (53) | 42 (64) | 51 (48) | 230 (51) |
> 50 years | 25 (21) | 20 (17) | 6 (17) | 12 (18) | 17 (16) | 80 (18) |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 85 (71) | 85 (70) | 27 (75) | 44 (67) | 70 (65) | 311 (69) |
Female | 34 (29) | 36 (30) | 9 (25) | 22 (33) | 37 (35) | 138 (31) |
Treatment history | ||||||
New | 35 (30) | 29 (24) | 7 (20) | 15 (23) | 36 (34) | 122 (27) |
Retreatment | 81 (70) | 92 (76) | 29 (80) | 51 (77) | 70 (66) | 323 (72) |
HIV status | ||||||
HIV co-infected | 35 (29) | 42 (35) | 13 (36) | 25 (39) | 35 (33) | 150 (33) |
On ART | 33 (94) | 40 (95) | 13 (100) | 23 (92) | 35 (100) | 144 (32) |
Patient residence | ||||||
Urban | 79 (66) | 70 (58) | 29 (81) | 19 (29) | 76 (71) | 273 (61) |
Rural | 40 (34) | 51 (42) | 7 (19) | 47 (71) | 31 (29) | 176 (39) |
Nutritional status | ||||||
< 18.5 | 57 (59) | 73 (60) | 25 (69) | 32 (48) | 42 (39) | 229 (51) |
> 18.5 | 40 (41) | 48 (40) | 11 (31) | 34 (52) | 65 (61) | 198 (44) |
HFs trained and initiated MDR-TB treatment | ||||||
Yes | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 14 (78) | 1 (100) | 35 (75) | 55 (100) |
No | ||||||
MDR-TB patients initiated with sites trained |