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Table 2 Treatment outcomes of TB patients in JGH (July 2004–June 2014)

From: A retrospective study on tuberculosis treatment outcomes at Jinka General Hospital, southern Ethiopia

Characteristics

Number (%) stratified by the treatment outcomes

Total

N (%) 

P value

Successful treatment outcomes 868 (74)

Unsuccessful treatment outcomes 304 (24)

Cured

Treatment completed

Died

T. failurea

Loss to follow-up

Interrupter

Sex

 Female

66 (14.2)

299 (64.3)

40 (8.6)

0 (0.0)

30 (6.5)

30 (6.5)

465 (39.7)

0.059

 Male

88 (12.4)

415 (58.7)

79 (11.2)

1 (0.1)

77 (10.9)

47 (6.6)

707 (60.3)

 

Age in years

 < 15

5 (3.4)

101 (69.7)

10 (6.9)

0 (0.0)

8 (5.5)

21 (14.5)

145 (12.4)

< 0.001

 15–24

55 (21.7)

145 (57.1)

19 (7.5)

0 (0.0)

22 (8.7)

13 (5.1)

254 (21.7)

 

 25–34

56 (15.3)

216 (59.2)

39 (10.7)

1 (0.3)

34 (9.3)

19 (5.2)

365 (31.1)

 

 35–44

23 (10.6)

138 (63.3)

24 (11.0)

0 (0.0)

22 (10.1)

11 (5.0)

218 (18.6)

 

 45–54

10 (10.4)

50 (52.1)

16 (16.7)

0 (0.0)

12 (12.5)

8 (8.3)

96 (8.2)

 

 ≥ 55

5 (5.3)

64 (68.1)

11 (11.7)

0 (0.0)

9 (9.6)

5 (5.3)

94 (8.0)

 

TB patients category

 New TB cases

125 (12.0)

633 (61.0)

107 (10.3)

0 (0.0)

98 (9.4)

75 (7.2)

1038 (88.6)

< 0.001

 Re-treatment TB cases

16 (30.2)

22 (51.2)

5 (11.6)

0 (0.0)

3 (7.0)

0 (0.0)

43 (3.7)

 

 Transfer-in TB cases

13 (27.7)

30 (63.8)

1 (2.1)

0 (0.0)

2 (4.3)

1 (2.1)

47 (4.0)

 

Type of TB

 PTB−

NA

436 (71.5)

72 (11.8)

NA

51 (8.4)

51 (8.4)

610 (52.0)

< 0.001

 PTB+

154 (54.8)

73 (26.0)

24 (8.5)

1 (0.4)

22 (7.8)

7 (2.5)

281 (24.0)

 

 EPTB

NA

205 (73.0)

23 (8.2)

NA

34 (12.1)

19 (6.8)

281 (24.0)

 

HIV test result

 Non reactive

81 (15.1)

341 (63.7)

29 (5.4)

0 (0.0)

39 (7.3)

45 (8.4)

535 (45.6)

< 0.001

 Reactive

28 (11.9)

138 (58.7)

41 (17.4)

0 (0.0)

15 (6.4)

13 (5ρ.5)

235 (20.1)

 

 Unknown

45 (11.2)

235 (58.5)

49 (12.2)

1 (0.2)

53 (13.2)

19 (4.7)

402 (34.3)

 

Year of TB treatment

 July 2004–June 2005

10 (12.2)

43 (52.4)

14 (17.1)

1 (1.2)

13 (15.9)

1 (1.2)

82 (7.0)

< 0.001

 July 2005–June 2006

9 (8.3)

63 (57.8)

21 (19.3)

0 (0.0)

15 (13.8)

1 (0.9)

109 (9.3)

 

 July 2006–June 2007

13 (8.9)

91 (62.3)

11 (7.5)

0 (0.0)

21 (14.40)

10 (6.8)

146 (12.5)

 

 July 2007–June 2008

18 (11.8)

101 (66.0)

19 (12.4)

0 (0.0)

10 (6.5)

5 (3.3)

153 (13.1)

 

 July 2008–June 2009

20 (16.3)

83 (67.5)

11 (8.9)

0 (0.0)

4 (3.3)

5 (4.1)

123 (10.5)

 

 July 2009–June 2010

19 (13.7)

92 (66.2)

12 (8.6)

0 (0.0)

12 (8.6)

4 (2.9)

139 (11.9)

 

 July 2010–June 2011

21 (11.7)

120 (67.0)

8 (4.5)

0 (0.0)

8 (4.5)

22 (12.3)

179 (15.3)

 

 July 2011–June 2012

15 (14.3)

57 (54.3)

6 (5.7)

0 (0.0)

8 (7.6)

19 (18.1)

105 (9.0)

 

 July 2012–June 2013

19 (30.2)

34 (54.0)

6 (9.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.6)

3 (4.8)

63 (5.4)

 

 July 2013–June 2014

10 (13.7)

30 (41.1)

11 (15.1)

0 (0.0)

15 (20.5)

7 (9.6)

73 (6.2)

 

Total

154 (13.1)

714 (60.9)

119 (10.2)

1 (0.1)

107 (9.1)

77 (6.6)

1172 (100)

 
  1. NA not applicable, T. failure a treatment failure