Table 3 Comparison of barriers to TB care during the COVID-19 lockdown and before the COVID-19 lockdown
Variables | Pre-lockdown n = 213 | Lockdown n = 189 | Post-lockdown n = 270 | Overall n = 672 | P-values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barriers Composite (1 or more) | 145 (68.1) | 151 (79.9) | 200 (74.1) | 496 (73.8) | 0.027 |
Specific barrier | |||||
Transport | 64 (30.1) | 65 (34.4) | 58 (21.5) | 187 (27.8) | 0.007 |
Distance to the health care facility | 50 (23.5) | 58 (30.7) | 47 (17.4) | 155 (23.1) | 0.004 |
Costs of seeing a Doctor | 1 (0.5) | 3 (1.6) | 2 (0.7) | 6(0.8) | 0.465 |
Lack Hospitals | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.1) | 3 (0.5) | 0.106 |
Busy work | 15 (7.0) | 12 (6.4) | 17 (6.3) | 44 (6.6) | 0.939 |
Physical Weakness | 12 (5.6) | 9 (4.8) | 19 (7.0) | 40 (6.0) | 0.581 |
No family support | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 4 (1.5) | 5 (0.7) | 0.157 |
Not sure if doc help | 1 (0.5) | 3 (1.6) | 1 (0.4) | 5 (0.7) | 0.280 |
Concern admission | 1 (0.5) | 2 (1.1) | 1 (0.4) | 4 (0.6) | 0.615 |
Worry getting diseases | 1 (0.5) | 2 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.5) | 0.246 |
Try other medicine | 29 (13.6) | 25 (13.2) | 31 (11.5) | 85 (12.7) | 0.752 |
No reason | 8 (3.8) | 6 (3.2) | 10 (3.7) | 24 (3.6) | 0.941 |
Other | 52 (24.4) | 69 (36.5) | 106 (39.3) | 277 (33.8) | 0.002 |