Table 2: Treatment outcomes of TB patients by patient characteristics in Nekemte Referral Hospital, West Ethiopia, From January 2014 to December 2017 n=199.

Characteristics Cure (%) Completed Therapy (%) Treatment Failure (%) Loss to Follow-up Treatment (%) Died (%) Total
Sex Female 27(28.1) 36(37.5) 29(30.2) 1(1.1) 3(3.1) 96
Male 49(47.6) 34(33.0) 18(17.5) 0 2(1.9) 103
Age 34 37(43.5) 24(28.2) 22(25.9) 0 2(2.4) 85
35-54 30(32.9) 38(41.8) 20(22.0) 0 3(3.3) 91
55 9(39.1) 8(34.8) 5(21.8) 1(4.3) 0 23
HIV status Positive 27(41.5) 20(30.8) 14(21.6) 1(1.5) 3(4.6) 65
Negative 49(37.4) 50(38.2) 30(22.9) 0 2(1.5) 131
Refused 0 0 3(100) 0 0 3
Smear result at enrolment Positive 47(402) 39(33.3) 25(21.4) 1(0.8) 5(4.3) 117
Negative 21(29.6) 30(42.2) 20(28.2) 0 0 71
Not done 8(72.7) 1(9.1) 2(18.2) 0 0 11
Patient category Relapse 57(38.5) 51(34.5) 38(25.7) 0 2(1.3) 148
Retreatment after failure 13(36.1) 15(41.6) 5(13.9) 1(2.8) 2(5.6) 36
Return after loss to follow-up 6(40.0) 4(26.7) 4(26.7) 0 1(6.6) 15
Drug regimen Category 1 (2ERHZ/4RH) 31(29.3) 37(34.9) 35(33.0) 1(0.9) 2(1.9) 106
Category 2 (2SERHZ/1ERHZ/5ERH) 45(48.4) 33(35.5) 12(12.9) 0 3(3.2) 93
Year of treatment 2014 10(31.3) 14(43.7) 8(25.0) 0 0 32
2015 24(43.7) 16(29.1) 12(21.8) 1(1.8) 2(3.6) 55
2016 38(39.6) 34(35.4) 22(22.9) 0 2(2.1) 96
2017 4(25.0) 6(37.5) 5(31.3) 0 1(6.2) 16
AFB result at 2 and/or 3 month Positive 16(34.0) 15(31.9) 16(34.0) 0 0 47
Negative 51(37.8) 53(39.3) 25(18.5) 1(0.7) 5(3.7) 135
Not done 7(46.7) 2(13.3) 6(40.0) 0 0 15
Not indicated 2(100) 0 0 0 0 2
AFB result at 5th month Positive 0 19(46.3) 22(53.7) 0 0 41
Negative 62(41.1) 58(38.4) 25(16.6) 1(0.6) 5(3.3) 151
Not done 5(71.4) 2(28.6) 0 0 0 7
AFB result at 8th month Positive 0 0 19(100) 0 0 19
Negative 74(42.1) 68(38.6) 28(15.9) 1(0.6) 5(2.8) 176
Not done 2(50) 2(50) 0 0 0 4