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Table 3 TB status and characteristics of patients

From: Survey to measure the quality of life of patients with tuberculosis in Alexandria, Egypt: a cross-sectional study

Variable

(n = 180)

TB type

 

 Pulmonary TB

 Extrapulmonary TB

129(71.7)

51(28.3)

Treatment phase

 

 Intensive phase

 Continuation phase

81 (45.0)

99(55.0)

Disease duration

 

 ≤ 6 months

 > 6 months

94(52.2)

86(47.8)

MDR

 

 MDR

 Not MDR

18(10.0)

162(90.0)

Chronic disease

 

 No

 Yes

114(63.3)

66(36.7)

Impact of TB

 

 No impact

 Loss of food

 Loss of work

 Social ostracism

 Lost their partners

27 (15.0)

123(68.3)

125(69.4)

28(15.6)

10(5.6)