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MOTC, (8) VHN/HI (9) other state officials, (10)
No occurrence of community clash and (11) no other
governmental health speciality camps held. These
scores were added for each HF year wise. All HFs
were broadly classified into four groups namely; poor,
fair, good and very good based on percentiles (25,
50, 75, and above 75% respectively) of scores given.
The overall conversion and cure rates of the HFs
that included in each of these groups were calculated
and compared. The functional score was then
Table 3: Risk factors for conversion and cure among new sputum smear positive TB patients
MO
Available
Not available
VHN
Available
Not available
LT
Available
Not available
Pharmacist
Available
Not available
Review meeting
Conducted
Not conducted
MO
Visited
Not visited
MOTC
Visited
Not visited
VHN
Visited
Not visited
Others
Visited
Not visited
Community clash
No
Yes
Health camps
Yes
Total Conv* (%) Cure** (%)
69
16
73
12
55
30
72
13
47
38
34
51
36
49
56
29
42
43
83
2
41 (59.4) +
4
42(57.5) NS
3
39(70.9) #
6
41(18.1) NS
4
37(78.7) #
8
29(85.3) #
16
27(75.0) +
18
37(66.1) ‡
8
29(69.0) ‡
16
44(53.0) ND
1
39(56.5) +
4
40(54.8) NS
3
33(60.0) +
10
39(54.2) NS
4
33(70.2) #
10
25(73.5) +
18
25(69.4) ‡
18
34(60.7) +
9
28(66.7) ‡
15
42(50.6) ND
1
53 33(62.3) + 32(60.4) +
No
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12
11
* >85% (median) ** > 78% (median); + P