Table 1 Participant characteristics at the initial interview by participant group and sex (N = 263)
From: Health-related quality of life and tuberculosis: a longitudinal cohort study
Characteristics | Treated for tuberculosis disease | Treated for latent tuberculosis infection | Screened for tuberculosis but healthy and untreated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (%) | Men (%) | Women (%) | Total (%) | Men (%) | Women (%) | Total (%) | Men (%) | Women (%) | |
Sample size | 48 (18) | 27 (56) | 21 (44) | 105 (40) | 45 (43) | 60 (57) | 110 (42) | 50 (45) | 60 (55) |
Mean (standard deviation) age - years | 37 (12) | 38 (15) | 36 (7) | 33 (9) | 34 (9) | 33 (10) | 35 (8) | 34 (8) | 35 (8) |
Region of origin | |||||||||
Africa | 15 (31) | 12 (44) | 3 (13) | 29 (28) | 18 (40) | 11 (19) | 34 (31) | 16 (32) | 18 (30) |
Asia | 18 (38) | 8 (29) | 10 (47) | 28 (27) | 8 (18) | 20 (33) | 21 (19) | 11 (22) | 10 (17) |
Eastern Europe | 3 (6) | 1 (4) | 2 (10) | 5 (5) | 3 (7) | 2 (3) | 12 (11) | 5 (10) | 7 (12) |
Western Europe | 1 (2) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | 5 (5) | 3 (7) | 2 (3) | 10 (9) | 5 (10) | 5 (8) |
Central America | 3 (6) | 1 (4) | 2 (10) | 20 (18) | 6 (13) | 14 (24) | 18 (16) | 7 (14) | 11 (18) |
North America | 5 (11) | 3 (11) | 2 (10) | 11 (10) | 5 (11) | 6 (10) | 11 (10) | 4 (8) | 7 (12) |
South America | 3 (6) | 1 (4) | 2 (10) | 7 (7) | 2 (4) | 5 (8) | 4 (4) | 2 (4) | 2 (3) |
Median (inter-quartile range) duration in Canada (years) | 2 (0–7) | 2 (0–10) | 2 (0–7) | 3 (1–9) | 1 (0–6) | 5 (2–10) | 2 (1–9) | 2 (1–7) | 2 (1–9) |
Reason for hospital referral | |||||||||
Pre-landing refugee or immigrant screening | 9 (19) | 5 (19) | 4 (19) | 6 (6) | 3 (7) | 3 (5) | 17 (15) | 10 (20) | 7 (12) |
Post-landing surveillance | 7 (15) | 3 (11) | 4 (19) | 11 (10) | 7 (16) | 4 (7) | 7 (6) | 4 (8) | 3 (5) |
Tuberculin Skin Test, not contact of patient with diagnosed TB disease | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 64 (61) | 22 (49) | 42 (70) | 67 (61) | 27 (54) | 40 (67) |
Contact of patient with diagnosed TB disease | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 18 (17) | 10 (22) | 8 (13) | 5 (5) | 3 (6) | 2 (3) |
Symptomatic of TB disease‡ | 24 (50) | 17 (63) | 7 (33) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Other | 6 (13) | 2 (7) | 4 (19) | 6 (6) | 3 (7) | 3 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Unknown | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 14 (13) | 6 (12) | 8 (13) |
Smoking status | |||||||||
Ever cigarette smoker* | 18 (38) | 14 (52) | 4 (19) | 24 (23) | 15 (33) | 9 (15) | 23 (21) | 14 (28) | 9 (15) |
Current cigarette smoker† | 11 (23) | 9 (33) | 2 (10) | 8 (8) | 5 (11) | 3 (5) | 10 (9) | 5 (10) | 5 (8) |
Median (inter-quartile range) pack-years smoking | 13 (6–19) | 17 (8–20) | 5 (3–9) | 4 (1–16) | 2 (1–16) | 5 (2–12) | 6 (3–18) | 5 (1–18) | 6 (4–21) |