Table 3 Results of the multivariable analysis of patient delay across different groups of patients, Beira city, 2009
From: Patient and health system delay among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Beira city, Mozambique
Risk factor | All PTB patients | New smear-positive | New smear-negative | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | AOR | 95%CI | n | AOR | 95%CI | n | AOR | 95%CI | |
Age (>32 years) | 250 | 1.35 | 0.94-1.94 | 106 | 1.48 | 0.86-2.55 | 144 | 1.04 | 0.62-1.75 |
Farming | 51 | 3.65 | 1.74-7.67 | 21 | 4.19 | 1.38-12.70 | 30 | 2.99 | 1.07-8.38 |
Primary education or less | 356 | 0.82 | 0.55-1.23 | 182 | 0.57 | 0.31-1.04 | 174 | 1.28 | 0.73-2.24 |
Visiting first a traditional healer | 148 | 2.05 | 1.35-3.11 | 68 | 2.36 | 1.28-4.34 | 80 | 1.67 | 0.92-3.04 |
Low level of TB knowledge | 227 | 1.64 | 1.12-2.40 | 113 | 1.45 | 0.82-2.57 | 114 | 2.03 | 1.18-3.51 |
HIV infection | 393 | 0.70 | 0.46-1.06 | 175 | 0.49 | 0.27-0.88 | 218 | 0.87 | 0.45-1.68 |
Current or ever smoker | 137 | 1.44 | 0.95-2.18 | 74 | 1.61 | 0.89-2.90 | 63 | 1.39 | 0.74-2.58 |
Coexistence of a chronic disease | 120 | 1.76 | 1.12-2.77 | 54 | 2.34 | 1.18-4.64 | 66 | 1.45 | 0.77-2.72 |
Inadequate access to health services | 103 | 1.45 | 0.91-2.32 | 49 | 1.54 | 0.77-3.08 | 54 | 1.32 | 0.68-2.59 |
Total number of observations | 539 | 266 | 273 | ||||||