Assessment of Anti-TB Drug Nonadherence and Associated Factors among TB Patients Attending TB Clinics in Arba Minch Governmental Health Institutions, Southern Ethiopia

Table 5

Factors associated with nonadherence of anti-TB drug treatment among TB patients that attended TB clinics at governmental health institutions of Arba Minch town, Southern Ethiopia .

Variables	Nonadherence		Crude OR	Adjusted OR
	Yes	No
Sex
Male	50 (31.6%)	108 (68.4%)	1	1
Female	17 (15.0%)	96 (85.0%)	0.383 (0.207, 0.708)	3.023
Educational status
Cannot read and write	15 (60.0%)	10 (40.0%)	5.250 (1.566, 17.601)	1.923
Can read and write	13 (21.0%)	49 (79.0%)	0.929 (0.311, 2.773)	0.745
Grades 1–6	19 (25.3%)	56 (74.7%)	1.187 (0.417, 3.380)	0.247
Grades 7–12	14 (17.1%)	68 (82.9%)	0.721 (0.246, 2.110)	2.016
Diploma and above	6 (22.2%)	21 (77.8%)	1	1
Waiting time at health facility
<1 hour	23 (10.2%)	202 (89.8%)	1	1
1-2 hours	44 (95.7%)	2 (4.3%)	193.217 (43.929, 849.847)
Distance to health facility
0–5 km	18 (8.4%)	197 (91.6%)	1	1
>5 km	49 (87.5%)	7 (12.5%)	76.611 (30.306, 193.669)
Side effects of the drugs
Yes	27 (90%)	3 (10%)	45.000 (13.020, 155.528)
No	40 (16.6%)	201 (83.4%)	1	1
Smoking
Yes	20 (90.9%)	2 (9.1%)	42.979 (9.708, 190.282)	0.903 (0.080, 10.200)
No	47 (18.9%)	202 (81.1%)	1	1
Alcohol
Yes	43 (97.7%)	1 (2.3%)	363.708 (47.899, 2761.726)	2.665 (0.897, 9.776)
No	24 (10.6%)	203 (89.4%)	1	1
Treatment supporter
Yes	53 (20.7%)	203 (79.3%)	1	1
No	14 (93.3%)	1 (6.7%)	53.623 (6.895, 417.018)	2.044 (0.054, 77.500)
Monthly income
<501 birr	51 (50%)	51 (50%)	9.562 (5.018, 18.223)	2.267 (0.795, 6.468)
>=501 birr	16 (9.5%)	153 (90.5%)	1	1

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