Ethical Approval and Consent to participate
PTB
The present study was conducted in accordance with the amended Declaration of Helsinki. The National Medical Research Register (NMRR) registration and Malaysia Ministry of Health Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC) had approved this study protocol (NMRR-19-1345-47678, Approval: KKM.NIH SEC/P19-1403 (11), dated 16 August 2019). The protocol was registered with RCT registered body on 05/12/2019 (Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry – Registration Number: ACTRN12619001720101). A written and informed consent was obtained from the respondent before enrolling into the study. The study collected the data from primary source and only adult cases of PTB (respondents’ aged 18 and above) were selected for the study.