Table 3 Income changes and social consequences of tuberculosis in patients diagnosed through active case finding (ACF) and passive case finding (PCF), Nepal, 2018

Income (USD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 Individual income prior TB

79 (88)

70 (83)

80 (85)

0.602

 Household income prior TB

196 (111)

182 (184)

189 (151)

0.052

 Current individual income^b

20 (44)

18 (37)

19 (40)

0.951

 Current household income^b

123 (101)

113 (174)

118 (142)

0.080

 Prior TB

31 (28)

29 (29)

30 (29)

0. 584

 Current^b

5 (11)

4 (11)

4 (11)

0. 643

 Intensity ^c

61 (53)

88 (172)

76 (132)

0.6713

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 Prevalence ^d

20 (45)

24 (61)

44 (53)

0.143

 Unemployed

2 (4)

5 (10)

7 (7)

0.475

 Formal paid work

4 (8)

7 (14)

11 (11)

 Informal paid work

24 (48)

17 (34)

41 (41)

 Housework

15 (30)

13 (26)

28 (28)

 Others

5 (10)

8 (16)

13 (13)

 Unemployed

13 (26)

18 (36)

31 (31)

0.310

 Formal paid work

–

2 (4)

2 (2)

 Informal paid work

5 (10)

2 (4)

7 (7)

 Housework

29 (58)

23 (46)

52 (52)

 Others

3 (6)

5 (10)

8 (8)

 Before TB

5 (10)

6 (12)

11 (11)

0.749

 Current^b

13 (26)

16 (32)

29 (29)

0.509

 Loan

14 (28)

22 (44)

36 (36)

0.096

 Sale of assets

4 (8)

5 (10)

9 (9)

0.727

 Food insecurity

13 (26)

13 (26)

26 (26)

1

 Loss job

2 (4)

4 (8)

6 (6)

0.400

 Interrupted schooling

4 (8)

2 (4)

6 (6)

0.400

 Social exclusion

10 (20)

7 (14)

17 (17)

0.424

 Others

4 (8)

1 (2)

5 (5)

0.169

 Much poorer

1 (2)

10 (20)

11 (11)

0.016

 Poorer

26 (52)

22 (44)

48 (48)

 Unchanged

23 (46)

18 (36)

41 (41)