Factors Associated with Treatment Delay among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Public and Private Health Facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 3

Factors associated with patient delay for treatment of PTB among pulmonary TB patients, Addis Ababa, 2012.

Variables	Patient delay		Unadjusted and adjusted OR
	No delay	Delay	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Educational status
Unable to read & write	12	17	1.2 (0.49, 3.0)	1.3 (0.48, 3.9)
Able to read & write	19	20	1.33 (0.61, 2.94)	0.55 (0.21, 1.5)
Elementary (1–8)	115	70	0.77 (0.44, 1.35)	0.93 (0.46, 1.9)
Secondary (9–12)	62	42	0.86 (0.46, 1.59)	0.77 (0.36, 1.7)
Above secondary	38	30	1	1
Marital status
Single	121	67	1	1
Married	94	82	1.58 (1.0, 2.4)	1.0 (0.61, 1.6)
Widowed	14	14	1.81 (0.81, 4.01)	1.4 (0.56, 3.6)
Divorced	17	16	1.70 (0.80, 3.5)	1.7 (0.75, 3.8)
Occupational status
Employed	109	81	1	1
Unemployed	74	48	0.87 (0.54, 1.39)	0.68 (0.40, 1.2)
Student	27	15	0.75 (0.37, 1.50)	0.82 (0.37, 1.8)
Housewife	15	14	1.26 (0.57, 2.75)	1.1 (0.46, 2.6)
Merchant	18	16	1.20 (0.57, 2.49)	1.2 (0.55, 2.6)
Farmer	3	5	2.24 (0.52, 9.66)	2.3 (0.48, 11.6)
Family size
>5	27	31	1.7 (0.97, 2.9)	1.7 (0.93, 3.2)
≤5	219	148	1	1
Type of symptom
Loss of weight
Yes	36	13	0.456	0.60 (0.28, 1.2)
No	210	166	1	1
Night sweating
Yes	177	109	0.60	0.70 (0.39, 1.24)
No	69	70	1	1
Loss of appetite
Yes	212	139	0.49	0.72 (0.45, 1.2)
No	34	40	1	1
Point of first contact
Traditional	10	18	3.11	0.38 (0.12, 1.2)
Drug out let	29	16	0.95 (0.49, 1.86)	0.78 (0.30, 2.0)
Private facility	69	65	1.63	0.59 (0.23, 1.5)
Public facility	138	80	1	1
Distance to health facility
>2.5 km	147	76	1.4 (0.98, 2.0)	1.6
≤2.5 km	278	103	1	1
TB associated stigma
High stigma	127	129	2.4	2.1
Low stigma	119	50	1	1
Knowledge
Not knowledgeable	176	113	0.68 (0.45, 1.04)	1.2 (0.80, 2.0)
Knowledgeable	65	61	1	1

value < 0.05; value <0.001; COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio.