Table 2 Treatment interruption characteristics in MDR-TB patients who missed at least one dose during the treatment duration (n = 204).

From: Intermittent treatment interruption and its effect on multidrug resistant tuberculosis treatment outcome in Ethiopia

Characteristic

Median (IQR)

Range

Total days on treatment (in months)

19.4 (7.6–21.6)

0.17–34.8

Total number of missed doses (in days)

12.5 (5.0–24.0)

1.0–119

Time to first interruption (in days)

74.5 (31.0–135.5)

2.0–710

Percentage of total missed doses (in %)

2.7 (1.1–10.0)

0.2–100

Total number of interruption episode (number)

2.0 (1.0–4.0)

1.0–20

  1. IQR- Inter-quartile range.