Sputum Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnostic Dropout Rate in Public Health Facilities, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 2

Mono-variate analysis the association between dropout rate and age, sex, health facility and period of registration of sputum smear positive PTB at public health facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 2011-2016.

Independent variables	First sputum AFB positive	Not submit the; morning spot(a)				Not submit the; 2nd spot (b)				Not submit the morning or; the 2nd spots (a+b)				p –values
		n	%	OR	95%CI	n	%	OR	95%CI	n	%	OR	95%CI
Total	2463	142	5.8%			298	12.1%			440	17.9%
Age in year
< 15yr.	70	4	5.7%	1.03	0.35-3.00	5	7.1%	0.52	0.20-1.34	9	12.9%	0.66	0.32-1.36	0.236
15 - 35yr.	1605	90	5.6%	1.01	0.69-1.49	182	11.3%	0.87	0.65-1.16	272	16.9%	0.91	0.71-1.16
> 35yr.	594	33	5.6%	1		76	12.8%	1		109	18.4%	1
Missing	194	15	7.7%			35	18.0%			50	25.8%
Sex
Male	1291	72	5.6%	1		154	11.9%	1		226	17.5%	1
Female	1077	60	5.6%	1	0.7-1.42	126	11.7%	0.98	0.76-1.26	186	17.3%	0.98	0.79-1.22
Missing	95	10	10.5%			18	18.9%			28	29.5%
Health facilities
Hospital	1039	58	5.6%	0.94	0.62-1.33	170	16.4%	1.98	1.55-2.53	228	21.9%	1.61	1.31-1.98	<0.001
Health Center	1424	84	5.9%	1		128	9.0%	1		212	14.9%	1
Year of sputum submission
2011	540	31	5.7%	1		73	13.5%	1		104	19.3%	1
2012	491	25	7.1%	1.26	0.76-2.08	66	13.4%	0.99	0.69-1.42	101	20.6%	1.09	0.80-1.47	0. 362
2013	440	24	5.5%	0.95	0.55-1.64	45	10.2%	0.73	0.49-1.08	69	15.7%	0.78	0.56-1.09
2014	434	26	6.0%	1.05	0.61-1.79	59	13.6%	1.01	0.70-1.46	85	19.6%	1.02	0.74-1.41
2015	348	17	4.9%	0.84	0.46-1.55	37	10.6%	0.80	0.50-1.09	54	15.5%	0.79	0.57-1.09
2016	210	9	4.3%	0.73	0.34-1.57	18	8.6%	0.81	0.51-1.09	27	12.9%	0.83	0.61-1.31

Key: statistically significant, P<0.00.