Research Article
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 | |
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