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Table 7 Treatment outcomes for pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed TB patients from 2012 to 2015

From: A four-year trend in pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis case detection in Kampala-Uganda

Outcome

2012

n (%)

2013

n (%)

2014

n (%)

2015

n (%)

p-value

Total

1389

1244

1724

2194

 

Cured

726 (52.3)

743 (59.7)

985 (57.1)

1360 (62.0)

0.000a

Completed Treatment

233 (16.8)

185 (14.9)

233 (13.5)

296 (13.5)

0.004a

TSR

959 (69.0)

928 (74.6)

1218 (70.6)

1656 (75.5)

0.001a

Unfavorable

430 (31.0)

316 (25.4)

506 (29.4)

538 (24.5)

0.001a

Died

123 (8.9)

80 (6.4)

120 (7.0)

140 (6.4)

0.013a

Failure

31 (2.2)

20 (1.6)

36 (2.1)

40 (1.8)

0.568

Lost to follow up

106 (7.6)

83 (6.7)

126 (7.3)

145 (6.6)

0.363

Not evaluated

170 (12.4)

133 (10.7)

224 (13.0)

213 (9.7)

0.069

  1. Source: Primary Data, 95% Confidence Interval. TSR – Treatment Success Rate
  2. aStatistically Significant Variable