Delay for First Consultation and Its Associated Factors among New Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients of Central Nepal

Table 3

Factors associated with patient delay: multivariate analysis.

Factors	Number (% PD)	Crude OR	Adj. OR	95% CI	value
Religion					<0.001
Hindu	292 (52.40)	1	1
Buddha	60 (61.67)	1.46	1.86	0.91 to 3.79
Muslim	22 (40.91)	0.63	0.10	0.03 to 0.77
Residence					0.032
Urban	249 (46.99)	1	1
Rural	125 (65.60)	2.15	3.10	1.10 to 8.72
Education					0.135
Illiterate/read & write	123 (62.60)	1	1
Primary	69 (57.97)	0.82	0.89	0.21 to 3.76
Secondary	107 (42.06)	0.43	0.46	0.06 to 3.79
University	75 (49.33)	0.58	0.96	0.08 to 11.19
Occupation					<0.001
Agriculture	93 (65.59)	1	1
Housewife	42 (47.62)	0.47	1.65	0.18 to 14.97
Service	50 (44.00)	0.41	3.89	0.35 to 43.32
Business	58 (48.28)	0.49	1.79	0.05 to 70.94
Unemployed	100 (52.00)	0.56	7.79	1.64 to 37.00
Labour	31 (51.61)	0.56	0.830	0.17 to 4.02
Income (monthly in NRs)					0.116
<5000	35 (68.57)	1	1
5000–7500	24 (58.33)	0.64	13.34	0.35 to 511.0
≥7500	257 (50.58)	0.47	0.94	0.04 to 21.41
Number of cigarettes in a day					0.006
<5	37 (70.27)	1	1
≥5	115 (53.91)	0.49	0.22	0.08 to 0.65
Symptoms present before diagnosis					0. 573
Cough	260 (51.92)	1	1
Fever	56 (57.14)	1.23	1.56	0.58 to 4.20
Loss of weight	17 (52.94)	1.04	1.24	0.36 to 4.22
Hemoptysis	20 (50.00)	0.92	0.05	0.06 to 4.14
Chest pain	21 (61.90)	1.50	3.58	0.13 to 95.89
Family support					<0.001
None	126 (55.56)	1	1
Husband/wife	76 (53.95)	0.94	1.19	0.22 to 8.65
Parents	101 (42.57)	0.53	0.66	0.11 to 2.47
Child	71 (63.38)	1.38	4.12	0.61 to 27.98
Distance to reach the TB center					<0.001
<5 km	291 (48.45)	1	1
≥5 km	80 (71.25)	2.64	5.53	2.18 to 13.99
Centre of first contact					0.443
Traditional healer/self-treated	18 (72.22)	1	1
Private practitioner/pharmacist/vendor	159 (49.69)	0.38	0.50	0.12 to 2.09
Government health facilities	197 (54.31)	0.46	0.97	0.12 to 7.86
Categories of HCP for TB diagnosis					0.929
Paramedics	87 (40.23)	1	1
Medical officer	209 (53.59)	1.72	1.29	0.34 to 4.98
Chest specialist	78 (66.67)	2.98	0.99	0.29 to 3.43