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Table 1 Patient characteristics of new smear-positive adult pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) cases in the Temeke District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

From: Diagnostic delay and associated factors among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Variable

All

Delay duration

Prior medication

HC facility visits

n = 513

(weeks)

n (%)

 

≤ 3

> 3

Not used

Used

≤ 2 visits

> 2 visits

Total

513 (100)

406 (79)

107 (21)

52 (10)

461 (90)

297 (58)

216 (42)

Age, years

 18–24

91 (18)

73 (18)

18 (17)

6 (12)

85 (18)

58 (20)

33 (15)

 25–45

333 (65)

264 (65)

69 (64)

37 (71)

296 (64)

199 (67)

134 (59)

  > 45

89 (17)

69 (17)

20 (19)

9 (17)

80 (17)

40 (13)

49 (23)

Sex

 Male

353 (69)

280 (69)

73 (68)

38 (73)

315 (68)

209 (70)

144 (67)

 Female

160 (31)

126 (31)

34 (32)

14 (27)

146 (32)

88 (30)

72 (33)

HIV status

 Positive

146 (28)

119 (29)

27 (25)

16 (31)

130 (28)

73 (25)

73 (34)

 Negative

367 (72)

287 (71)

80 (75)

36 (69)

331 (72)

224 (75)

143 (66)

Education

 No education

92 (18)

73 (18)

19 (18)

8 (15)

84 (18)

46 (15)

46 (21)

 Primary/Secondary

404 (79)

316 (78)

88 (82)

44 (85)

360 (78)

243 (82)

161 (75)

 University

17 (3)

17 (4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

17 (4)

8 (3)

9 (4)

Occupation

 Unemployed or h/wife

103 (20)

86 (21)

17 (16)

4 (8)

99 (21)

46 (15)

57 (26)

 Unskilled labour

69 (13)

52 (13)

17 (16)

11 (21)

58 (13)

38 (13)

31 (14)

 Semiskilled labour

341 (67)

268 (66)

73 (68)

37 (71)

304 (66)

213 (72)

128 (60)

Household income

  < $200 per month

408 (80)

329 (81)

79 (74)

37 (71)

371 (80)

225 (76)

183 (85)

  ≥ $200 per month

105 (20)

77 (19)

28 (26)

15 (29)

90 (20)

72 (24)

33 (15)

BMI category, kg/m2

  < 18.5

36 (7)

29 (7)

7 (7)

3 (6)

33 (7)

25 (8)

11 (5)

 18–24.9

273 (53)

204 (50)

69 (64)

20 (38)

253 (55)

163 (55)

110 (51)

 25–29.9

154 (30)

129 (32)

25 (23)

19 (37)

135 (29)

78 (26)

76 (35)

  > 30

50 (210)

44 (11)

6 (6)

10 (19)

40 (9)

31 (11)

19 (9)

Household size, persons

  ≥ 4

137 (27)

123 (30)

14 (13)

3 (6)

134 (29)

56 (19)

81 (37)

 2–3

331 (64)

256 (63)

75 (70)

43 (83)

288 (63)

208 (70)

123 (57)

 Single

45 (9)

27 (7)

18 (17)

6 (12)

39 (8)

33 (11)

12 (6)

House ownership

 Own

225 (44)

178 (79)

47 (21)

17 (33)

208 (45)

127 (43)

98 (45)

 Rented

288 (56)

228 (79)

60 (21)

35 (67)

253 (55)

170 (57)

118 (55)

Coughing

 No

2 (0.5)

2 (0.5)

0

0 (0)

2 (0.4)

1 (0.3)

1 (0.5)

 Yes

511 (99.5)

404 (99.5)

107 (100)

52 (100)

459 (99.6)

296 (99.7)

215 (99.5)

Fever

 No

38 (7)

37 (9)

1 (1)

3 (6)

35 (8)

33 (11)

5 (2)

 Yes

475 (93)

369 (91)

106 (99)

49 (94)

426 (92)

264 (89)

211 (98)

Chest pain

 No

102 (20)

69 (17)

33 (31)

40 (77)

62 (14)

94 (32)

8 (4)

 Yes

411 (80)

337 (83)

74 (69)

12 (23)

399 (87)

203 (68)

208 (96)

Haemoptysis

 No

336 (71)

324 (80)

42 (39)

52 (100)

314 (68)

185 (62)

181 (84)

 Yes

147 (29)

82 (20)

65 (61)

0

147 (32)

112 (38)

35 (16)

Night sweat

 No

26 (5)

25 (6)

1 (1)

1 (2)

25 (5)

24 (8)

2 (1)

 Yes

487 (95)

381 (94)

106 (99)

51 (98)

436 (95)

273 (92)

214 (99)

Unexplained weight loss

 No

20 (4)

18 (4)

2 (2)

1 (2)

19 (4)

15 (5)

5 (2)

 Yes

493 (96)

388 (96)

105 (98)

51 (98)

442 (96)

282 (95)

211 (98)

  1. BMI body mass index, h/wife housewife, TB tuberculosis, HC facility health care facility