From: Risk factors for treatment delay in pulmonary tuberculosis in Recife, Brazil
Total delay in treatment | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contact history | Unacceptable (> 60 days) | Acceptable (≤ 60 days) | Crude OR | 95% CI | P value | ||
N | % | N | % | ||||
Knows someone with tuberculosis | |||||||
Yes | 305 | 63.0 | 179 | 37.0 | 1.00 | - | - |
No | 375 | 61.4 | 236 | 38.6 | 0.93 | 0.72 – 1.19 | 0.5782 |
Total | 680 | - | 415 | - | - | - | - |
Recent contact with someone with tuberculosis | 0.8554 | ||||||
< 1 year | 151 | 63.4 | 87 | 36.6 | 1.00 | - | - |
≥ 1 year | 128 | 61.8 | 79 | 38.2 | 0.93 | 0.63 – 1.37 | 0.7263 |
Not known | 375 | 61.4 | 236 | 38.6 | 0.91 | 0.67 – 1.24 | 0.5769 |
Total | 654 | - | 402 | - | - | - | - |
Household contact with a case of tuberculosis | |||||||
Yes | 104 | 62.7 | 62 | 37.3 | 1.00 | - | - |
No | 198 | 63.1 | 116 | 36.9 | 1.01 | 0.68 – 1.50 | 0.9301 |
Total | 302 | - | 178 | - | - | - | - |