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Table 3 TB treatment outcomes by trial arm

From: A knowledge translation intervention to improve tuberculosis care and outcomes in Malawi: a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

TB outcome

Control group number (%)

PALM PLUS only group number (%)

PALM PLUS and LHW intervention number (%)

Cure

8/80 (10)

13/68 (19)

8/30 (27)

Treatment complete

38/80 (48)

31/68 (46)

13/30 (43)

[Successa]

[46/80 (58)]

[44/68 (65)]

[21/30 (70)]

Default

4/80 (05)

4/68 (06)

2/30 (07)

Lost to follow-up

15/80 (19)

11/68 (16)

3/30 (10)

Dead

11/80 (14)

9/68 (13)

4/30 (13)

Transfer out

2/80 (3)

0

0

Unknown

2/80 (3)

0

0

  1. aSuccess defined as total of cases with outcomes of cure or treatment completion.