Diagnostic work-up and loss of tuberculosis suspects in Jogjakarta, Indonesia

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Determinants of patient loss among 554 TB suspects in health centres in Jogjakarta municipality

Variable	n/N	%	OR	Univariate 95% CI	P-value
All	241/554	43.3
First step work-up
Sputum smear microscopy	215/497	43.3	1
Other ^Ť	22/53	41.5	0.93	0.52-1.65	0.81
Nothing ±	4/4	100.0
Sex
Male	115/262	43.9	1.03	0.74-1.44	0.86
Female	126/292	43.2	1
Age group (years)					0.10
18-25	28/81	34.6	0.70	0.39-126	0.23
26-35	40/88	45.5	1.10	0.62-1.94	0.74
36-45	47/89	52.8	1.48	0.84-2.59	0.18
46-55	45/92	48.9	1.26	0.72-2.21	0.41
56-65	34/95	35.8	0.74	0.42-1.29	0.29
> 65	47/109	43.1	1
Type of health facility
MHC	53/168	31.5	1
SHC	188/386	48.7	2.06	1.41-3.02	< 0.001*

^Ť Chest X-ray, antibiotics, or combination of X-ray and antibiotics with/without sputum smears
^±Suspects who were directly lost before any examination was performed. Not included in the statistical analysis
*Only this variable remained in multivariate analysis

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