Prevalence and Associated Factors of Tuberculosis among Adult Household Contacts of Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Treated in Public Health Facilities of Haramaya District, Oromia Region, Eastern Ethiopia
Table 4
Factors associated with Tuberculosis disease among adult household contacts of smear positive PTB patients in Haramaya district, Eastern Ethiopia, 2019 ().
Variables
Category
Tuberculosis
COR (95% CI)
-value
AOR (95% CI)
-value
Yes
No
Age (year)
18–27
13 (6%)
199 (94%)
1
1
28–37
15 (13%)
99 (87%)
2.3 (1.06–5.06)
0.04
1.9 (0.55–6.87)
0.31
≥38
7 (6%)
118 (94%)
0.9 (0.35–2.34)
0.84
0.3 (0.07–1.22)
0.09
Monthly income of the family
<1000
29 (11%)
244 (89%)
13.1 (1.76–97.20)
0.01
6.5 (0.63–68.38)
0.12
1000–1500
5 (7%)
62 (93%)
8.9 (1.01–77.65)
0.05
15.1 (1.06–217.09)
0.06
>1500
1 (1%)
110 (99%)
1
1
House ventilation status
Poor
29 (19%)
122 (81%)
11.7 (4.71–28.77)
0.01
4.0 (1.382–11.76)
0.01
Good
6 (2%)
294 (98%)
1
1
Lighting status
Poor
22 (16%)
115 (84%)
4.4 (2.16–9.09)
0.01
0.78 (0.20–3.09)
0.72
Good
13 (4%)
301 (96%)
1
1
Overcrowded
Yes
23 (14%)
144 (86%)
3.6 (1.75–7.49)
0.01
1.3 (0.47–3.44)
0.63
No
12 (4%)
272 (96%)
1
1
Separated kitchen
Yes
18 (5%)
348 (95%)
1
1
0.53
No
17 (20%)
68 (80%)
4.8 (2.37–9.85)
0.01
1.4 (0.47–4.40)
Size of living room
Inadequate
24 (16%)
124 (84%)
5.1 (2.44–10.81)
0.01
3.4 (1.30–8.86)
0.01
Adequate
11 (4%)
292 (96%)
1
1
Proximity to index case
Sleep on the same bed
19 (9%)
198 (91%)
8.5 (4.12–17.59)
0.01
1.9 (0.61–6.32)
0.26
Sleep on the different bed
16 (7%)
218 (93%)
1
1
Treatment duration of index case
≤6 month
15 (12%)
110 (88%)
2.1 (1.03-4.22)
0.04
1.3 (0.46–3.41)
0.66
>6 month
20 (6%)
306 (94%)
1
1
Family Hx of TB other than index case
Yes
22 (15%)
124 (85%)
4.0 (1.95–8.16)
0.01
2.7 (1.02–6.92)
0.047
No
13 (4%)
292 (96%)
1
1
Smoking cigarette
Yes
18 (17%)
91 (83%)
3.9 (1.87–7.63)
0.01
1.4 (0.50–3.86)
0.54
No
17 (5%)
325 (95%)
1
1
Chewing khat
Yes
28 (14%)
178 (86%)
5.4 (2.28–12.52)
0.01
2.7 (0.91–7.74)
0.07
No
7 (3%)
238 (97%)
1
1
Drinking raw milk
Yes
27 (26%)
77 (74%)
14.9 (6.50–33.97)
0.01
4.1 (1.43–11.90)
0.01
No
8 (2%)
339 (98%)
1
1
Frequency of meals per day
<3 meals per day
21 (34%)
41 (66%)
13.7 (6.49–29.02)
0.01
4.3 (1.61–11.55)
0.004
≥3 meals per day
14 (4%)
375 (96%)
1
1
Overall knowledge scored on TB case
Inadequate
21 (24%)
68 (77%)
7.7 (3.72–15.84)
0.01
2.0 (0.72–5.54)
0.18
Adequate
14 (4%)
348 (96%)
1
1
Shows association having value below 0.05 and association having value below 0.01. OR = odd ratio, COR = crude odd ratio, AOR = adjusted odd ratio, CI = confidence interval.
