Table 4.
Relationship between socio-demographic, lifestyle and health seeking factors to Health service delay. Both unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios are shown (n = 231)
| Variable | n | % Health service delay >4 weeks | Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | n* | Adjusted odds ratio† (95% CI) |
| Age 18–40, y | 205 | 81.0 | 0.77 (0.25–2.37) | NA | |
| Male | 132 | 81.1 | 0.95 (0.49–1.86) | NA | |
| Hospitalised | 59 | 86.4 | 1.63 (0.71–3.75) | NA | |
| Marital status separated/single | 125 | 82.1 | 1.09 (0.56–2.12) | NA | |
| Post primary education level | 92 | 83.5 | 1.40 (0.72–2.73) | NA | |
| Single Household person | 24 | 66.7 | 0.41 (0.16–1.03) | 23 | 0.31 (0.11–0.84)‡ |
| Daily Alcohol consumption | 38 | 85.7 | 1.44 (0.53–3.97) | NA | |
| Subsistence farming | 28 | 89.3 | 2.05 (0.59–7.11) | NA | |
| Perceived smoking as cause of TB | 34 | 87.5 | 1.62 (0.20–13.56) | NA | |
| >2 Health seeking encounters per month | 76 | 89.5 | 2.48 (1.09–5.65) | 72 | 2.74 (1.10–6.83)‡ |
| Medical expenditure on TB related symptoms (>29 US $) | 60 | 88.3 | 2.02 (0.85–4.82) | 60 | 3.88 (1.19–12.62) ‡ |
| Hemoptysis at onset | 33 | 93.9 | 4.05 (1.02–15.90) | NA |
*Number included in forward stepwise logistic regression method.
†Odds ratios for the variables appearing at the final step of forward stepwise selection.
‡P < 0.05; CI indicates confidence interval; NA not applicable.