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Table 6 Multivariate analysis of risk factors associated with prolonged patient delay among pulmonary tuberculosis patients (n = 924) in Ethiopia during 2005–2006.

From: Delayed consultation among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a cross sectional study of 10 DOTS districts of Ethiopia

Factors

Crude Odds Ratio

(95% CI)

Adjusted Odds Ratio

(95% CI)

P-value

Female sex

1.2 (0.9, 1.6)

1.4 (0.9, 1.8)

0.06

Education

   

   Completed secondary

1

1

 

   Completed elementary

2.5 (1.9, 3.5)

1.1 (0.77, 1.6)

0.6

   Illiterates

1.9(1.3, 2.8)

1.7 (1.2, 2.4)

0.004

Rural residence

1.9(1.45, 2.5)

1.4 (1.1, 1.9)

0.02

Marital status

   

   Married

1

1

 

   Single

0.85(0.6, 1.1)

1.1 (0.82, 1.6)

0.4

   Divorced/widowed

0.77(0.52, 1.13)

0.67(0.44, 1.02)

0.06

Type of disease:

   

   Sputum smear negative

1

1

 

   Sputum smear positive

1.5 (1.2, 1.9)

1.4 (1.1, 1.9)

0.02

Use of alternative treatment before first consultation:

   

   No prior treatment

1

1

 

   Holy water

3.9(2.8, 5.5)

3.5 (2.4, 5)

0.0001

   Traditional healer

2.2(0.9, 4.8)

2 (0.9, 4.5)

0.1

   Private practitioner

1.6(1.1, 2.4)

1.7 (1.14, 2.6)

0.01

   Private drug stores

1.8(1.03, 3)

1.9 (1.1, 3.5)

002

Patients' perception about the cause of their illness:

   

   Contact from PTB patient

1

1

 

   Evil or bad lack

2.1(1.15, 3.6)

2 (1.2, 3.8)

0.01

   Exposure to cold

1.2 (0.84, 1.7)

1.4 (0.95, 2.1)

0.08

   I do not know

1.1(0.65, 1.78)

1.6 (1.1, 2.8)

0.05