Research Article

Treatment Outcome of Tuberculosis Patients at Enfraz Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia: A Five-Year Retrospective Study

Table 3

Treatment success rate among TB patients at DOTS clinic of Enfraz health center 2007–2011.

CharacteristicsTreatment successOR (95% CI) valueAOR (95 % CI) value
YesNo

Sex
 Male177 (93.2)*13 (6.8)1.001.00
 Female202 (96.2)8 (3.8)1.85 (0.70–5.02)0.26 0.61 (0.23–1.57)0.30
Residence
 Urban128 (92.8)10 (7.2)1.001.00
 Rural251 (95.8)11 (4.2)1.78 (0.68–4.66)0.280.51 (0.19–1.30)0.16
Age (years)
 ≤1457 (100)0 (0.0)0.00 (0.00–23.10)1.000.00 (0.00– —)0.99
 15–2474 (98.7)1 (1.3)1.001.00
 25–34101 (93.5)7 (6.5)0.19 (0.01–1.63)0.095.42 (0.63–46.56)0.12
 35–4460 (89.6)7 (10.4)0.12 (0.01–0.98)0.037.79 (0.89–68.25)0.06
 45–5443 (97.7)1 (2.3)0.58 (0.02–21.91)0.601.52 (0.08–26.20)0.77
 55–6427 (90.0)3 (10.0)0.12 (0.00–1.41) 0.077.12 (0.68–73.71)0.10
 ≥6517 (89.5)2 (10.5)0.11 (0.00–1.76)0.046.72 (0.56–80.83)0.13
TB type
 Smear PTB90 (95.7)4 (4.3)1.001.00
 Smear NTB128 (92.8)10 (7.2)0.57 (0.15–2.06)0.512.05 (0.59–7.15)0.26
 EPTB161 (95.8)7 (4.2)1.02 (0.24–4.02)0.601.31 (0.34–4.90)0.69
HIV status
 Negative168 (95.5)8 (4.5)1.001.00
 Positive20 (90.9)2 (9.1)0.48 (0.08–3.50)0.311.06 (0.18–6. 09)0.95
 Unknown180 (94.2)11 (5.8)0.78 (0.28–2.15)0.771.13 (0.42–3.05)0.81
 Refused to test 11 (100.0)0 (0.0)Undefined0.610.00 (0.00– —)0.99

Total 379 (94.8)21 (5.2)

Figures in parenthesis indicate percentage.