Health Seeking Behaviour and Associated Factors among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspects in Lay Armachiho District, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Study
Table 3
Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with visiting modern health care facility among pulmonary tuberculosis suspects in Lay Armachiho district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014.
Variable
Visited modern health care facility first
Crude odds ratio with 95% CI
Adjusted odds ratio with 95% CI
Yes
No
Age
15–34
135
48
4.87 (2.97–7.98)
4.59 (2.71–7.76)
35–54
224
133
2.91 (1.90–4.46)
2.45 (1.54–3.88)
55 and above
45
78
1.00
Sex
Male
134
73
1.00
Female
270
186
0.791 (0.56–1.11)
1.14 (0.72–1.80)
Marital status
Unmarried
120
66
1.00
Married
284
193
0.80 (0.56–1.15)
0.84 (0.57–1.26)
Religion
Orthodox Christian
290
201
1.00
Muslim
74
33
1.55 (0.99–2.43)
0.76 (0.41–1.14)
Protestant
40
25
1.10 (0.65–1.88)
0.98 (0.46–2.08)
Educational level
Illiterate
125
68
1.00
1.00
Elementary
219
163
0.73 (0.5–1.04)
1.10 (0.72–1.67)
Secondary and above
60
28
1.16 (0.68–1.99)
2.61 (1.35–5.04)
Occupation
Unemployed
172
146
1.00
1.00
Farmer
195
105
1.57 (1.14–2.17)
1.43 (1.004–2.05)
Civil servant
37
8
3.92 (1.7–8.69)
3.02 (1.26–7.25)
History of TB treatment
Yes
120
32
2.99 (1.95–4.59)
3.47 (2.16–5.58)
No
284
227
1.00
1.00
Hemoptysis
Yes
28
8
2.33 (1.04–5.20)
2.57 (0.99–6.63)
No
376
251
1.00
Perceived health status
Well
50
67
1.00
1.00
Sick
354
192
2.47 (1.4–3.70)
3.16 (1.98–5.13)
value < 0.05; value < 0.001; value < 0.0001. Unemployed includes those who do not have any kind of job and students.