Research Article
Factors Associated with Patient’s Delay in Tuberculosis Treatment in Bahir Dar City Administration, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 3
Logistic regression analysis of factors associated with patient delay in public health care facilities of Bahir Dar town, Northwest Ethiopia.
| Variables | Patient delay | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | ≤21 days | >21 days |
| Sex | | | | | Male | 87 | 127 | 1.08 (0.70, 1.65) | | Female | 62 | 84 | 1.00 | | Age | | | | | <20 | 19 | 20 | 0.56 (0.26, 1.22) | | 20–39 | 103 | 140 | 0.72 (0.42, 1.22) | | ≥40 | 27 | 51 | 1.00 | | Place of residence | | | | | Urban | 114 | 124 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Rural | 35 | 87 | | 1.74 (1.04, 2.90) | Marital status | | | | | Single | 65 | 87 | 1.00 | | Married | 65 | 103 | 1.18 (0.76, 1.85) | | Widowed | 6 | 8 | 1.00 (0.33, 3.01) | | Divorced | 13 | 13 | 0.75 (0.33, 3.79) | | Education level | | | | | Illiterate | 38 | 86 | | | Read and write | 15 | 23 | | | Elementary | 20 | 36 | | | Junior/secondary | 34 | 46 | | | College and above | 42 | 20 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Occupation | | | | | Employee | 26 | 16 | 1.00 | | Merchant | 12 | 13 | 1.92 (0.70, 5.31) | | Farmer | 20 | 53 | | | Daily laborer | 25 | 32 | 2.08 (0.92, 4.69) | | Student | 23 | 42 | | | Housewife | 44 | 55 | 2.03 (0.97, 4.25) | | Smoking habit | | | | | Yes | 8 | 9 | 0.79 (0.85, 1.99) | | No | 141 | 202 | 1.00 | | Distance to the nearest health institutions | | | | | <10 km | 114 | 156 | 1.00 | | ≥10 km | 35 | 55 | 1.15 (0.71, 1.87) | |
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