Table 1 Demographic, socioeconomic, clinical and behaviorial characteristics of the participant sample bifurcated by cohort receiving treatment in the public and private sector
|  | All (n = 110) | Private (n = 50) | NTP (n = 60) | P-value¥ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic characteristics | ||||
 Male, n (%) | 79 (72) | 33 (66) | 46 (77) | 0.216 |
 Age, mean (SD), years | 44.4 (15.9) | 44.9 (17.5) | 44.1 (14.6) | 0.777 |
Socio-economic factors | ||||
 Single-person household, n (%) | 8 (7) | 2 (4) | 6 (10) | 0.228 |
 Household’s primary source of income pre-TB, n (%) | 48 (44) | 18 (36) | 30 (50) | 0.140 |
 Complete secondary education, n (%) | 56 (51) | 31 (62) | 25 (42) | 0.034 |
 Employment pre-TB, n (%) |  |  |  | 0.782 |
 Unemployed | 14 (13) | 7 (14) | 7 (12) | – |
 Formally employed | 28 (25) | 9 (18) | 18 (30) | – |
 Informally employed | 36 (33) | 17 (34) | 19 (32) | – |
 Retired | 10 (9) | 6 (12) | 4 (7) | – |
 Student | 4 (4) | 2 (4) | 2 (3) | – |
 Housework | 3 (3) | 2 (4) | 1 (2) | – |
 Other | 16 (15) | 7 (14) | 9 (15) | – |
 Unemployed during TB treatment, n (%) | 45 (41) | 17 (34) | 28 (47) | 0.178 |
 Health insurance, n (%) | 94 (85) | 42 (84) | 52 (87) | 0.693 |
 Experienced stigma, n (%) | 14 (13) | 4 (8) | 10 (17) | 0.174 |
Clinical factors | ||||
 Previous TB episodes, n (%) | 7 (6) | 3 (6) | 4 (6) | 0.887 |
 Bacteriologically confirmed, n (%) | 77 (70) | 40 (80) | 37 (62) | 0.037 |
 Presence of comorbidity, n (%) | 85 (77) | 42 (84) | 43 (72) | 0.124 |
Behavioral risk factors | ||||
 Daily alcohol consumption, n (%) | 6 (5) | 4 (8) | 2 (3) | 0.283 |
 Daily smoking, n (%) | 19 (17) | 6 (12) | 13 (22) | 0.182 |
Health-seeking behaviors | ||||
 Treatment delay (> 4 weeks from symptom onset to treatment initiation), n (%) | 82 (75) | 41 (82) | 41 (68) | 0.101 |
 Time between onset of TB symptoms and treatment initiation, median (IQR), weeks | 8 (4–16) | 8 (5–15) | 6 (4–17) | 0.552 |
 Number of visits pre-treatment, median (IQR) | 5 (3–9) | 5 (3–7) | 6 (4–9) | 0.046 |
 Hospitalization during treatment, n (%) | 27 (25) | 8 (16) | 19 (32) | 0.057 |