Research Article
Factors Associated with Patient’s Delay in Tuberculosis Treatment in Bahir Dar City Administration, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Characteristics of tuberculosis patients in DOTS clinic of public healthcare facilities in Bahir Dar city administration, Northwest Ethiopia.
| Variables | Frequency () | Percent |
| Sex | | | Male | 214 | 59.4 | Female | 146 | 40.6 | Age | | | <20 | 39 | 10.8 | 20–39 | 243 | 67.5 | ≥40 | 78 | 21.7 | Place of residence | | | Urban | 238 | 66.1 | Rural | 122 | 33.9 | Marital status | | | Single | 152 | 42.2 | Married | 168 | 46.7 | Widowed | 14 | 3.9 | Divorced | 26 | 7.2 | Education status | | | Illiterate | 124 | 34.2 | Read and write | 38 | 10.6 | Elementary | 56 | 15.6 | Junior/secondary | 80 | 22.2 | College and above | 62 | 17.5 | Occupation | | | Employee | 42 | 11.7 | Merchant | 24 | 6.7 | Farmer | 73 | 20.3 | Daily laborer | 57 | 15.8 | Student | 65 | 18.1 | Housewife | 99 | 27.5 | Smoking habit | | | Yes | 17 | 4.7 | No | 343 | 95.3 | Type of tuberculosis | | | Pulmonary | 153 | 42.5 | Extrapulmonary | 207 | 57.5 | Distance to the nearest healthcare facility | | | <10 km | 270 | 75 | ≥10 km | 90 | 25 |
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