Delay for Tuberculosis Treatment and Its Predictors among Adult Tuberculosis Patients at Debremarkos Town Public Health Facilities, North West Ethiopia
Table 3
The result of logistic regression showing association of variables with total delay for TB treatment at Debremarkos town public health facilities, North West Ethiopia, 2018.
Variables
Categories
Total Rx delay
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
value
Age
Yes
No
<20 years
10
14
1
1
20-39 years
86
101
1.19 (0.5, 2.8)
0.690 (0.2, 2.35)
0.553
≥40 years
49
40
1.72 (0.69, 4.27)
0.68 (0.16, 2.7)
0.591
Residence
Rural
68
50
1.85 (1.16, 2.96)
1.141 (1.1, 2.61)
0.001
Urban
77
105
1
1
Educational
No education
56
43
1.97 (1.1, 3.7)
2.35 (1.6, 2.6)
0.001
Read and write
19
11
2.62 (1.1, 6.4)
1.519 (1.3, 7.4)
0.045
Primary school
19
11
2.62 (1.1, 6.4)
2.186 (1.5, 9.1)
0.020
2ndry school
24
49
0.74 (0.37, 1.48)
0.71 (0.24, 2.1)
0.52
College+
27
41
1
1
Income
≤500
44
44
1.62 (0.87, 3.02)
6.37 (1.73, 23.4)
0.005
501-1500
72
64
1.82 (1.03, 3.23)
1.44 (0.58, 3.6)
0.440
≥1501
29
47
1
1
First actions taken
Consult HCP
113
132
1
1
Self-medication
4
4
1.17 (0.29, 4.77)
1.02 (0.21, 5.06)
0.976
Visit traditional healers
15
6
2.92 (1.09, 7.77)
4.475 (1.2, 16.6)
0.025
Use nonprescribed drugs
13
13
1.167 (0.5, 2.63)
1.08 (0.38, 3.04)
0.88
HF first consulted
Health post
5
9
0.327 (0.10, 1.0)
0.101 (0.02, 0.5)
0.005
Health center
66
102
0.381 (0.23, 0.6)
0.31 (0.17, 0.57)
0.001
Public hospital
73
43
1
1
Significant association ( value less than 0.05); significant at less than 0.01.
