From: Tuberculosis related disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Categories | Respiratory impairment | Â | Mental health disorders | Â | Hearing impairment | Â | Neurological impairment | Â | Visual impairment | Â | Musculoskeletal impairment | ||||||
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Number of studies | Prevalence of disabilities | Â | Number of studies | Prevalence (%) | Â | Number of studies | Prevalence of disabilities | Â | Number of studies | Prevalence of disabilities | Â | Number of studies | Prevalence of disabilities | Â | Number of studies | Prevalence of disabilities | |
Overall | 43 | 20.7 | Â | 41 | 23.1 | Â | 27 | 14.5 | Â | 33 | 1.6 | Â | 9 | 9.8 | Â | 9 | 17.1 |
Countries income level | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 High-income | 9 | 14.9 |  | 3 | 4.3 |  | 1 | 59.1 |  | 9 | 1.3 |  | 3 | 11.1 |  | 1 | 2.5 |
 Upper middle-income | 12 | 15.3 |  | 14 | 30.6 |  | 11 | 27.4 |  | 8 | 15.9 |  | 2 | 3.1 |  | 4 | 32.5 |
 Lower middle-income | 19 | 56.1 |  | 18 | 31.3 |  | 11 | 11.0 |  | 13 | 25.6 |  | 4 | 10.7 |  | 4 | 4.7 |
 Low-income | 3 | 61.2 |  | 6 | 42.0 |  | 4 | 5.0 |  | 3 | 5.9 |  | - | - |  | - | - |
Type of TB | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Drug susceptible | 24 | 33.1 |  | 24 | 21.9 |  | 2 | 2.3 |  | 17 | 12.5 |  | 4 | 11.9 |  | 8 | 20.2 |
 Drug resistant | 7 | 58.7 |  | 7 | 26.0 |  | 20 | 15.0 |  | 6 | 4.6 |  | 3 | 2.7 |  | - | - |
 Drug susceptible and drug resistant (no injectable) | - | - |  | - | - |  | 1 | 2.6 |  | 3 | 28.5 |  | 1 | 6.5 |  | - | - |
 Drug susceptible and drug resistant (injectable) | 4 | 33.1 |  | 6 | 20.7 |  | 3 | 25.0 |  | 5 | 37.2 |  | - | - |  | 1 | 2.5 |
Study design | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Cohort | 28 | 18.1 |  | 15 | 23.2 |  | 24 | 14.5 |  | 28 | 1.5 |  | 9 | 9.8 |  | 8 | 23.0 |
 Cross-sectional | 10 | 54.5 |  | 22 | 33.3 |  | 3 | 13.6 |  | 4 | 6.8 |  | - | - |  | 1 | 2.7 |
 Case control | 5 | 47.9 |  | 4 | 05.0 |  | - | - |  | 1 | 30.5 |  | - | - |  | - | - |
HIV (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 < 1 | 5 | 14.7 |  | 5 | 4.9 |  | 3 | 2.7 |  | 5 | 9.0 |  | 1 | 1.1 |  | 3 | 21.2 |
 1–50 | 9 | 51.8 |  | 12 | 31.5 |  | 10 | 12.5 |  | 11 | 8.2 |  | 3 | 3.3 |  | 1 | 38.2 |
 51–100 | 3 | 38.9 |  | 6 | 30.0 |  | 3 | 22.5 |  | 12 | 65.1 |  | . | - |  | - | - |
 Not recorded | 26 | 18.8 |  | 18 | 38.5 |  | 11 | 26.4 |  | 16 | 1.3 |  | 5 | 11.5 |  | 5 | 12.8 |
Timing of disability diagnosis | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Before TB treatment | 9 | 17.6 |  | 1 | 64.2 |  | - | - |  | 6 | 8.9 |  | 1 | 75.0 |  | 1 | 36.9 |
 During TB treatment | 6 | 61.0 |  | 35 | 22.0 |  | 22 | 14.7 |  | 11 | 1.23 |  | 4 | 3.0 |  | 6 | 12.4 |
 After TB treatment | 27 | 19.3 |  | 2 | 19.8 |  | 4 | 14.1 |  | 14 | 40.9 |  | 4 | 11.1 |  | 2 | 4.0 |
 Not recorded | 1 | 63.2 |  | 3 | 44.7 |  | 1 | 4.3 |  | 2 | 5.7 |  | - | - |  | - | - |