Table 2 Characteristics of patients diagnosed with TB during hospitalization by study phase.

From: Enhancing tuberculosis (TB) case detection among hospitalized patients through lay health worker led screening: a before-and-after study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Total

Pre-intervention (n %)

Intervention (n %)

p-value

N = 367

N = 560

Female

141 (38.4)

244 (43.6)

0.12

Median age years (IQR)

40 (30–53)

43 (32–57)

0.004

Site of TB disease

PTB

306 (83.4)

448 (80.0)

0.20

EPTB

61 (16.6)

112 (20.0)

Type of TB

DSTB

353 (96.2)

548 (97.9)

0.13

RRTB

14 (3.8)

12 (2.1)

HIV status

Negative

88 (24.0)

152 (27.1)

0.67b

Positive

249 (67.8)

402 (71.8)

Unknown

30 (8.2)

6(1.1)

 

Median CD4 count (IQR)a

136 (42–323)

183 (45–432)

0.15

Diabetes mellitus

No

283 (77.1)

511 (91.2)

0.11b

Yes

17 (4.6)

49 (8.8)

Unknown

67 (18.3)

0 (0.0)

 
  1. TB tuberculosis, IQR interquartile range, PTB pulmonary TB, EPTB extra-pulmonary TB, DSTB drug sensitive TB, RRTB rifampin-resistant TB.
  2. aCD4 test was done for 134 patients in pre-intervention and 400 patients in intervention phase.
  3. bp-value for chi-square test for comparing those with known HIV or DM status.
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