Research Article

Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes and Associated Factors among TB Patients Attending Public Hospitals in Harar Town, Eastern Ethiopia: A Five-Year Retrospective Study

Table 4

Bivariate analysis of treatment outcome with socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of TB patients attending public hospitals of Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia, 2017 (n=1236).

Characteristics Treatment outcome
Successful TreatmentUnsuccessful treatmentP. valueCOR (95%CI)

Place of residence
 Urban1075 (92.4%)89(7.6%)0.5161.00
 Rural68 (94.4%)4(5.6%)1.407 (0.502 - 3.947)
Sex
 Male677 (91.6%)62(8.4%)0.1611.00
 Female466(93.8%)31 (6.2%)1.377 (0.880 - 2.153)
Age group
 1 - 14 years62 (91.2%)69 (8.8%)≤ 0.0011.00
 15 - 24 years342(96.3%)13(3.7%)0.0680.393 (0.144 - 1.072)
 25 - 34 years339(93.4%)24(6.6%)0.5120.732 (0.287 - 1.863)
 35 - 44 years191(93.2%)14(6.8%)0.5850.757 (0.279 - 2.055)
 45 - 54 years107(89.9%)12(10.1%)0.7791.159 (0.414 - 3.242)
 55 - 64 years61(84.7%)11(15.3%)0.2481.863 (0.648 - 5.355)
 >64 years41(75.9%)13(24.1%)0.0263.276 (1.153 - 9.313)
Pre-treatment weight
 < 20 Kg18 (81.8%)4(18.2%)0.1771.00
 20 - 29 Kg27(90.0%)3(10.0%)0.0742.863 (0.902 - 9.084)
 30 - 37 Kg75 (88.2%)10(11.8%)0.5761.432 (0.407 - 5.036)
 38 - 54 Kg688(93.2%)50(6.8%)0.1691.718 (0.795 - 3.714)
 >55 Kg335 (92.8%)26(7.2%)0.7930.936 (0.573 - 1.531)
Year of registration
 2011285(91.3%)27 (8.7%)0.4291.00
 2012181(94.8%)10(5.2%)0.8090.933 (0.534 - 1.632)
 2013185(93.9%)12 (6.1%)0.1120.544 (0.257 - 1.152)
 2014226 (93.0%)17 (7.0%)0.2130.639 (0.316 - 1.294)
 2015266 (90.8%)27(9.2%)0.3530.741 (0.394 - 1.395)
HIV status
 HIV positive232 (82.3%)50(17.7%)≤ 0.0011.00
 HIV negative911(95.5%)43(4.5%)4.566 (2.963 - 7.036)
Patient category
 New cases1111 (92.7%)88 (7.3%)0.1691.00
 Re treatment32 (86.5%)5(13.5%)0.507 (0.193 - 1.333)
Type of TB
 PTB +377 (94.3%)23 (5.8%)0.1881.00
 PTB -323 (90.7%)33 (9.3%)0.2530.730 (0.426 - 1.251)
 Extra PTB443 (92.3%)37 (7.7%)0.4211.223(0.749 - 1.998)