Table 2 Disease and treatment characteristics of tuberculosis patients diagnosed through active case finding (ACF) and passive case finding (PCF), Nepal, 2018
Characteristics | ACF n = 50 | PCF n = 49 | All n = 100 | P-value a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Treatment status | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
New | 42 (84) | 40 (82) | 82 (82) | 0.755 |
Retreatment/Relapse | 8 (16) | 9 (18) | 17 (17) | |
HIV Status b | ||||
Not tested | 8 (16) | 4 (8) | 12 (12) | 0.485 |
Negative | 39 (78) | 40 (83) | 79 (79) | |
Unknown | 3 (6) | 4 (8) | 7 (7) | |
Number of patients with reported hospitalization | ||||
Pre-treatment | 4 (8) | 10 (20) | 14 (14) | 0.099 |
Intensive phase | 0 | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | – |
Total number of visits to health providers, pre-diagnosis c | N = 114 | N = 133 | N = 247 | – |
Type of service visited, pre-diagnosis | ||||
TB camps | 8 (7) | 0 | 8 (3) | 0.031 |
Cross border service d | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 (0.5) | |
Pharmacy/Herbalist | 5 (4) | 5 (4) | 10 (4) | |
Private clinic/hospital | 42 (37) | 55 (41) | 97 (39) | |
Public health facility | 59 (52) | 72 (54) | 131 (53) | |
Total number of visits to health providers, intensive phase c | N = 61 | N = 64 | N = 125 | – |
Type of service visited, intensive phase | ||||
No health facility | 14 (23) | 21 (33) | 35 (28) | 0.102 |
Private clinic/hospital | 7 (11) | 13 (20) | 20 (16) | |
Public health facility | 40 (66) | 30 (47) | 70 (56) | |
Average number of visits to health providers | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
Health facility visits – pre-treatment | 2.3 (1.1) | 2.6 (1.6) | 2.5 (1.4) | 0.380 |
Health facility visits – intensive phase | 0.9 (0.9) | 0.9 (0.9)c | 0.9 (0.9) | 0.500 |
Follow-up visits - Intensive phase | 0.2 (0.6) | 0.4 (1.0) | 0.3 (0.7) | 0.026 |
Average number of days hospitalised | ||||
Pre-treatment | 5.3 (3.8) | 8.1 (7.0) | 7.5 (6.4) | 0.638 |
Average number of weeks between 1st TB symptoms and treatment initiation | 8.4 (8.0) | 8.8 (11.3) | 8.6 (9.8) | 0.931 |