Research Article
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among Presumptive MDR-TB Patients in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia
Table 4
Characteristics of the MDR-TB cases (N = 37) in Tigray Regional State, Ethiopia.
| Variable | Number | Percentage |
| Age (years) | 29.9 ± 11.9§ | [9–67]§§ |
| Sex (male) | Male | 22 | 59.5 |
| Address | Urban | 16 | 43.2 | Rural | 21 | 56.8 |
| Educational status | Unable to read and write | 8 | 21.6 | Read and write only | 4 | 10.8 | Elementary (1–6) | 12 | 32.4 | Secondary (7–12) | 11 | 29.7 | Diploma | 2 | 5.4 |
| Occupation | Farmer | 9 | 24.3 | House wife | 7 | 18.9 | Student | 9 | 24.3 | Merchant | 5 | 13.5 | Daily laborer | 2 | 5.4 | No work | 2 | 5.4 | Others | 3 | 8.1 |
| Ethnicity | Tigraway/ti | 36 | 97.3 | Amhara | 1 | 2.7 |
| Family size | Less than or equal to 4 | 10 | 27 | Above 4 | 27 | 73 |
| Monthly expenditure (birr) | | 848.4 ± 578.0§ | [150–2400]§§ |
| TB treatment history | New | 6 | 16.2 | Relapse | 17 | 45.9 | After defaulter | 1 | 2.7 | After failure of treatment | 13 | 35.1 |
| First-line anti-TB treatment | None | 3 | 8.1 | Currently on first-line anti-TB | 3 | 8.1 | Once | 3 | 8.1 | Two times | 15 | 40.5 | Three times | 10 | 27 | Four times | 3 | 8.1 |
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§Mean ± standard deviation; §§range; others refers to a teacher, human resource, and finance personnel. |