Contact Screening and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Initiation for Under-Five Children among Pulmonary Tuberculosis-Positive Patients in Bahir Dar Special Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Factors associated with initiation of IPT of under-five children, in Bahir Dar special zone, northwest Ethiopia, March 2016 ().

Variable		IPT prophylaxis		COR with 95% CI	AOR with 95% CI
		Started	Not started
Relationship of the case with contacts	Siblings	2 (4.5%)	37 (39.4%)	1	1
	Parent	42 (95.5%)	57 (60.6%)	13.6 (3.1, 59.7)	20.0 (2.4, 168.1)
Age of the child	<1 year	3 (6.8%)	40 (42.6%)	0.07 (0.02, 0.3)	1.9 (0.3, 11.2)
	1-2 years	11 (25%)	26 (27.7%)	0.4 (0.2, 1.0)	1.8 (0.3, 11.2)
	>2 years	30 (68.2%)	28 (29.8%)	1	1
HIV status	Negative	25 (56.8%)	86 (91.5%)	1	1
	Positive	19 (43.2%)	8 (8.5%)	8.2 (3.2, 20.9)	0.4 (0.5, 1.5)
Attitude				6.8 (3.2, 14.5)	3.4 (1.1, 10.2)
Knowledge				3.1 (1.9, 4.9)	2.9 (1.6, 5.2)

Continuous variables. AOR: adjusted odds ratio; COR: crude odds ratio; IPT: isoniazid preventive therapy.