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Table 1 Socio-demographics and health variables sample characteristics

From: Quality of life among tuberculosis (TB), TB retreatment and/or TB-HIV co-infected primary public health care patients in three districts in South Africa

 

Total

Men

Women

P

 

(n = 4900)

(n = 2671) (54.5%)

(n = 2229) (45.5%)

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

 

Age (range 18–93)

36.2

11.5

37.2

11.5

34.8

11.4

0.000

18–24

643

13.3

276

10.6

358

16.5

 

25–34

1841

38.1

928

35.7

899

41.4

 

35–44

13

27.1

780

30.0

515

23.7

 

45–54

671

13.9

399

15.3

259

11.9

 

55–64

265

5.5

161

6.2

95

4.4

 

65 or more

104

2.2

58

2.2

45

2.1

 

Marital status

       

Never married

3323

72.7

1734

70.2

1589

75.6

0.000

Married/cohabitating

982

21.5

594

24.1

388

18.5

0.000

Separated/divorced/widowed

265

5.8

141

5.7

124

5.9

0.783

Education

       

Grade 7 or less

1269

26.3

745

28.8

502

23.2

0.000

Grade 8–11

2213

45.9

1126

47.4

960

44.3

0.031

Grade 12 or more

1336

27.7

613

23.7

704

32.5

0.000

Poverty index (5–20)

       

Low (5)

1592

35.0

882

35.2

710

34.4

 

Medium (6–12)

2195

48.2

1117

47.2

1018

49.3

 

High (13–20)

768

16.9

433

17.4

335

16.2

 

Geolocality

       

Urban residence

3151

66.2

1691

65.4

1460

67.2

0.212

Rural residence

877

18.4

480

18.6

397

18.3

0.780

Informal settlement

730

15.3

413

16.0

317

14.6

0.181

Health variables

       

New TB patient

3650

76.6

1946

75.2

1704

78.4

 

Retreatment TB patient

1113

23.4

643

24.8

470

21.6

 

HIV positive

2585

59.9

1222

53.4

1363

67.4

 

HIV negative

1728

40.1

1068

46.6

660

32.6

 

Other chronic illnesses

       

Zero

3042

72.7

1681

75.1

1361

70.0

0.001

One

680

16.3

335

15.0

345

17.7

 

Two

293

7.0

151

6.7

142

7.3

 

Three or more

167

4.0

71

3.2

96

4.9

 

Partner HIV positive

1192

27.2

600

25.0

592

29.8

 

Partner HIV negative or unknown status

3194

72.8

1800

75.0

1394

70.2

 

Tobacco use (daily or almost daily)

964

20.0

777

29.5

187

8.5

0.000

Hazardous or harmful alcohol use

1120

23.3

820

31.8

280

13.0

0.000

Psychological distress (K >15)

3913

81.1

2127

80.8

1786

81.4

0.245

Had sex in the past 3 months

2318

51.3

1336

54.1

982

48.0

0.000

On antiretroviral therapy

899

22.1

401

18.8

498

25.8

0.000

Adherence to TB treatment

2191

61.1

1153

64.1

1038

68.6

0.007

Adherence to ART

561

58.2

261

52.6

300

64.1

0.000