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

Table 4

Factors associated with health care system delay for treatment of pulmonary TB among pulmonary TB patients, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2012.

Variables	Health care system delay		Unadjusted and adjusted OR
	No delay	Delay	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Sex
Male	100	137	1	1
Female	92	96	0.76 (0.52, 1.12)	0.86 (0.56, 1.3)
Educational status
Unable to read & write	13	16	1.16 (0.48, 2.78)	0.93 (0.35, 2.5)
Able to read and write	27	12	0.42 (0.18, 0.96)	0.89 (0.37, 2.1)
Elementary (1–8)	107	78	0.69 (0.39, 1.20)	1.1 (0.61, 2.1)
Secondary (9–12)	66	38	0.53 (0.28, 1.0)	1.2 (0.63, 2.4)
Above secondary	33	35	1	1
Occupational status
Employed	76	114	1	1
Unemployed	74	48	0.43	0.41
Student	11	31	1.8 (0.89, 3.9)	2.1 (0.91, 4.6)
House wife	14	15	0.71 (0.32, 1.6)	0.55 (0.23, 1.3)
Merchant	15	19	0.84 (0.40, 1.8)	0.73 (0.34, 1.6)
Farmer	2	6	2 (0.39, 10.1)	1.8 (0.34, 10)
Marital status
Single	92	96	1	1
Married	68	108	1.5 (1.0, 2.3)	1.5 (0.91, 2.4)
Widowed	17	11	0.62 (0.27, 1.4)	1.0 (0.41, 2.5)
Divorced	15	18	1.15 (0.55, 2.4)	1.2 (0.55, 2.8)
Family size
≤5	171	196	1	1
>5	21	37	1.54 (0.87, 2.7)	1.7 (0.89, 3.2)
Type of symptom
Loss of weight
Yes	27	22	0.64 (0.35, 1.1)	0.85 (0.43, 1.7)
No	165	211	1	1
Haemoptysis
Yes	88	80	0.62	0.61
No	104	153	1
Loss of appetite
Yes	167	184	0.56	0.56 (0.30, 1.02)
No	25	49	1	1
Health facility first contacted
Public health facility	123	136	1	1
Private health facility	69	97	1.3 (0.85, 1.8)	1.1 (0.70, 1.7)
TB associated stigma
Low stigma	87	82	1	1
High stigma	105	151	1.5	1.4 (0.90, 2.2)
Knowledge
Not knowledgeable	48	78	1.5 (0.96, 2.3)	1.5 (0.93, 2.4)
Knowledgeable	138	151	1

value < 0.05; value < 0.001, COR: Crude odds ratio, AOR: Adjusted odds ratio.