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Table 3 Association of various factors with Linkage To Alcohol Treatment 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 Alcohol Abuse Treatment Services n (%)

 

N = 71

Yes

No

 

Gender(N = 41)

   

 Male

10 (25.6)

29 (74.4)

P = 0.4

 Female

0

2 (100)

 

Area (N = 37)

   

 Rural

8 (25)

24 (75)

P = 0.2

 Urban

0

5 (100)

 

Socio economic status (N = 34)

   

 Above poverty line

2 (33.3)

4 (66.7)

P = 0.5,

 Below poverty line

6 (21.4)

22 (78.6)

 

Site of disease (N = 43)

   

 Pulmonary

9 (82)

32 (100)

P = 0.01

 Extra pulmonary

2 (18)

0

 

Regimen type (N = 33)

   

 New

5 (20.8)

19 (79.2)

P = 0.93

 Previously treated

2 (22.2)

7 (77.8)

 
  1. TB Tuberculosis, RNTCP Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme