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Table 2 Association of various factors with linkage to tobacco cessation services among adult patients with TB

From: Are they there yet? Linkage of patients with tuberculosis to services for tobacco cessation and alcohol abuse – a mixed methods study from Karnataka, India

Variables

Linkage to tobacco cessation Services n (%)

 

N = 86

Yes

No

 

Gender (N = 39)

   

 Male

14 (38.9)

22 (61.1)

P = 0.84

 Female

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

 

Area (N = 36)

   

 Rural

11 (35.5)

20 (64.5)

P = 0.84

 Urban

2 (40)

3 (60)

 

Socio economic status(N = 32)

   

 Above poverty line

2 (33.3)

4 (66.7)

P = 0.8

 Below poverty line

10 (38.5)

16 (61.5)

 

Site of disease (N = 40)

   

 Pulmonary

14 (37.8)

23 (62.2)

P = 0.32

 Extra pulmonary

2 (66.7)

1 (33.3)

 

Regimen type (N = 37)

   

 New

11 (42.3)

15 (57.7)

P = 0.73

 Previously treated

4 (36.4)

7 (63.6)

 

Type of Tobacco use (N = 29)

   

 Smoking

9 (45)

11 (55)

P = 0.07

 Smokeless

1 (11.1)

8 (88.9)

 

Tobacco use at end of treatment (N = 8)

   

 Quit

3 (50)

3 (50)

P = 0.2

 Not Quit

0

2 (100)

 

History of Alcohol Intake(N = 40)

   

 Yes

7 (35)

13 (65)

P = 0.57

 No

7 (41.2)

10 (58.8)

 

 Not documented

2 (66.7)

1 (33.3)

 

If History of Alcohol intake present, linked to alcohol abuse treatment services (N = 14)

   

 Yes

3 (75)

1 (25)

P = 0.02

 No

1 (10)

9 (90)

 
  1. TB Tuberculosis, RNTCP Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme