Table 2 The association of socio-cultural factors with patient delay.
Variables | Patient delay >60 days | Patient delay ≤60 days | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 52 | 72 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Female | 47 | 55 | 0.698(0.69–2.06) | 1.01 (0.55–1.86) |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Married | 68 | 61 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Single | 23 | 56 | 0.72(0.26–1.93) | 0.68 (0.23–2.02) |
Widowed or divorced | 8 | 10 | 1.95(0.68–5.55) | 1.57 (0.46–5.37) |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Illiterate | 92 | 108 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Literate | 7 | 19 | 2.31(0.93–5.74) | 1.55 (0.47–5.05) |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Pastoralist | 94 | 108 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
With supplementary Job | 5 | 19 | 0.30(0.10–084) | 0.53 (0.15–1.82) |
Type of pastoralist | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Agro-pastoralists | 45 | 88 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Nomadic pastoralists | 54 | 39 | 2.71(1.57–4.68) | 2.69 (1.47–4.91) * |
Knowledge on TB | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Good biomedical knowledge on TB | 24 | 57 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Low biomedical knowledge on TB | 75 | 70 | 2.54(1.43–4.53) | 2.02 (1.02–3.98) * |
Distance to health facility | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Distance ≤10 km | 18 | 45 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Distance >10 km | 81 | 82 | 0.40(0.22–0.76) | 0.63(0.30–1.30) |
First health seeking action | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Traditional means | 89 | 108 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Modern health care | 10 | 19 | 1.57(0.70–3.54) | 1.12 (0.45–2.17) |