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Table 5 Factors associated with delays exceeding their median value (multivariate analysis)

From: Pulmonary tuberculosis diagnostic delays in Chad: a multicenter, hospital-based survey in Ndjamena and Moundou

 

Extended patient delay

Extended health-care system delay

Extended total delay

aOR [95% CI]

aOR [95% CI]

aOR [95% CI]]

Adjustment variables

Gender

   

Male

1

1

1

Female

0.61 [0.35-1.07]

1.67 [0.90-3.04]

0.73 [0.41-1.30]

Age groups (years)

15 to 24

1

1

1

25 to 34

0.77 [0.38-1.57]

0.57 [0.27-1.22]

0.53 [0.25-1.10]

35 to 44

1.03 [0.46-2.28]

1.13 [0.49-2.63]

0.62 [0.27-1.42]

45 to 55

0.90 [0.34-2.35]

0.47 [0.20-1.27]

0.59 [0.23-1.51]

55 and over

1.60 [0.45-5.58]

1.43 [0.40-5.06]

0.86 [0.28-2.91]

Wealth score

1st quartile (lowest)

2.38 [1.08-5.25]

2.86 [1.30- 6.33]

3.75 [1.66-8.48]

2nd

2.15 [0.97-4.76]

1.66 [0.74-3.70]

1.97 [0.90-4.44]

3rd

1.31 [0.62-2.79]

1.25 [0.59-2.67]

1.50 [0.70-3.24]

4th (highest)

1

1

1

Hospital

   

HM

1

1

1

HU

0.80 [0.35-1.81]

2.61 [1.07-6.36]

2.78 [1.24-6.23]

HGRN

1.04 [0.47-2.21]

3.92 [1.83-8.42]

6.25 [2.96-13.22]

Selected variables

Numbers of years of education

  

-

0

0.88 [0.29-2.63]

3.47 [1.01-11.88]

 

1 to 4

0.98 [0.31-3.10]

4.71 [1.34-16.51]

 

5 to 6

0.42 [0.15-1.18]

2.89 [0.93-9.17]

 

7 to 10

0.33 [0.12-0.92]

2.29 [0.76-6.95]

 

≥ 10

1

1

 

What treatment can cure TB?

   

Medical care

1

1

1

No answer

2.52 [1.40-4.50]

3.30 [1.71-6.35]

3.68 [1.71-7.92]

Self-medication, traditional medicine, nothing

2.15 [1.05-4.54]

5.46 [2.37-12.60]

3.76 [2.03-6.97]

Referral by a health facility

 

-

-

Yes

1

  

No

1.75 [1.02- 3.02]

  

Is there are link between AIDS and TB?

 

1

-

No

   

Yes

-

0.94 [0.48-1.84]

 

No opinion

 

0.37 [0.17- 0.80]

 

Hemoptysis

   

Yes

 

-

1

No

-

 

2.07 [1.06- 4.04]

  1. aOR: Adjusted odds-ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; -: unselected variable.