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Table 1 Differences between patients who completed the intervention and those who dropped out

From: Brief psychotherapy administered by non-specialised health workers to address risky substance use in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a feasibility and acceptability study

Variables

Dropoutsa

(n = 14)

Completed intervention

(n = 26)

Age (years)

 Median (IQR)

28 (26–39)

36 (27–43)

Gender

 Males, n (%)

6 (43%)

14 (54%)

Education

 Any schooling, n %

13 (93%)

25 (97%)

 Highest grade completed, median (IQR)

8 (6–9)

7 (6–11)

Housing

 Formal housing, n %

8 (57%)

20 (77%)

 No. of people sharing house, med (IQR)

4 (3–6)

4 (3–7)

 No. of rooms in house, med (IQR)

3 (1–5)

3 (2–4)

Employment

 Employed, n %

3 (21%)

10 (38%)

 Unemployed,

11 (79%)

15 (58%)

 Full-time student, n %

1 (3%)

1 (4%)

Smoking status

 Current smoking, n %

5 (36%)

13 (50%)

 Previous smoking, n %

4 (29%)

7 (27%)

 Never smoked, n %

5 (36%)

6 (23%)

  1. aFourteen patients excluded after enrolment: 5 (13%) because they were discharged before the inpatient counselling intervention was completed, 3 (8%) because they were ultimately found not to have MDR-TB (one false-positive genotypic for rifampicin resistance, and two cases of extended drug resistance), 3 (8%) because they were lost to follow-up and 3 (8%) because they withdrew consent
  2. There were no statistically significant differences