Skip to main content

Table 1 Health system delay by demographic and socioeconomic factors and a high-risk life style

From: Health system delay in pulmonary tuberculosis treatment in a country with an intermediate burden of tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Number

Median(days)

No (%) of participants with long delaya

No (%) of participants with extreme delayb

Gender

Total 241

   

 Male

134

15

53 (39.6)

26 (19.4)

 Female

107

28

62 (57.6) c

33 (30.8) d

Age groups

Total 241

   

 15-34

49

18

25 (51)

10 (20.4)

 35-64

131

15

58 (44.3)

32 (24.4)

 65+

61

21

32 (52.5)

17 (27.9)

Place of birth

Total 241

   

 Croatia

184

15

87 (47.3)

42 (22.8)

 Foreign born

57

15

28 (49.1)

17 (29.8)

Level of education

Total 241

   

 No schooling or only elementary school

116

21

61 (52.6)

33 (28.4)

 Secondary school

102

15

44 (43.1)

20 (19.6)

 Higher education

23

15

10 (43.5)

6 (26.1)

Household contact

Total 241

   

 Yes

47

8

18 (38.3)

8 (17.0)

 No

194

16.5

97 (50.0)

51 (26.3)

Contact outside the household

Total 241

   

 Yes

84

21

43 (51.2)

22 (26.2)

 No

157

15

72 (45.9)

37 (23.6)

Smoker

Total 240

   

 Non-smoker

76

21

43 (56.6)

22 (28.9)

 Ex-smoker

80

15

36 (45.0)

20 (25.0)

 Current smoker

84

15

36 (42.9)

17 (20.2)

Alcohol consumption

Total 241

   

 Non-consumer

104

21

55 (52.9)

30 (28.8)

 Ex-consumer

28

15

12 (42.9)

6 (21.4)

 Current consumer

109

15

48 (44.0)

23 (21.1)

Ever used drugs

Total 241

   

 Yes

13

30

9 (69.2)

5 (38.5)

 No

228

15

106 (46.5)

54 (23.7)

  1. a exceeding the median overall delay (15 days).
  2. b exceeding the75th percentile overall delay (42 days).
  3. c significance levels of p < 0.05 for univariate logistic regression using the median (15 days) as a cut-off.
  4. d significance levels of p < 0.05 for univariate logistic regression using 75th percentile (42 days) as a cut-off.