Table 4.
Single and modelled multiple risk factors for tuberculosis patients diagnosis delay
| Females (n = 251) | Males (n = 388) | |||||||
| Patient delay | Patient delay | |||||||
|
Risk Factors |
> 30 Days |
≤ 30 days |
OR |
95%CI |
> 30 days |
≤ 30 days |
OR |
95%CI |
| Poor Knowledge on TB Symptoms | ||||||||
| Chest Pain |
41/79 (51.9) |
79/113 (69.9) |
0.89 |
0.57–1.37 |
66/94 (70.2) |
139/193 (72.0) |
0.74 |
0.50–1.08 |
| Night Sweating |
44/79 (55.7) |
46/112 (41.1) |
1.92 |
1.20–3.05 |
37/94 (39.4) |
85/193 (44.0) |
0.70 |
0.45–1.09 |
| TB means HIV co-infection |
9/72 (12.5) |
32/111 (28.8) |
0.48 |
0.22–1.03 |
19/97 (19.6) |
42/196 (21.4) |
0.79 |
0.44 – 1.42 |
| Having Chest Pain last month |
35/87 (40.2) |
37/118 (31.4) |
1.62 |
1.11–2.37 Text |
21/103 (20.4) |
73/230 (31.7) |
0.70 |
0.49 – 1.00 |
| Distance > 5 to a nearby health facility with DOTS |
45/93 (48.4) |
42/134 (31.3) |
2.24 |
1.41 – 3.55 |
36/114 (31.6) |
87/247 (35.2) |
0.71 |
0.46 – 1.09 |
| No primary education |
26/93 (28.0) |
29/134 (21.6) |
1.74 |
1.01 – 3.05 |
39/114 (34.2) |
53/248 (21.4) |
1.44 |
0.91 – 2.26 |
| Having no employment |
64/141 (45.4) |
29/86 (33.7) |
1.77 |
1.20 – 2.60 |
51/170 (30.0) |
63/192 (32.8) |
0.72 |
0.49 – 1.06 |
| Poor knowledge on Weight loss |
60/79 (75.9) |
78/113 (69.0) |
1.55 |
1.03 – 2.32 |
74/94 (78.7) |
138/193 (71.5) |
0.91 |
0.62 – 1.32 |
| Poor Knowledge on coughing Blood |
74/79 (93.7) |
103/113 (91.2) |
1.47 |
1.01 – 2.16 |
89/94 (94.7) |
179/193 (92.7) |
0.75 |
0.51 – 1.09 |
| Modelled multiple Risks1 | -- | -- | 2.22 | 1.14–4.31 | -- | -- | 0.70 | 0.44 – 1.11 |
1The final model had the following variables: poor knowledge on night sweat, chest pain, having no employment, residing > 5 km from a nearby health facility with DOTS services and a belief that TB is always associated with HIV infection. For the females, the Model Chi-Square 19.6 (d.f. = 5, P = 0.001), Wald statistic = 5.57, p = .018). For males, the Model Chi-Square 17.42 (d.f. = 4, P = 0.002), Wald statistic = 2.22, p = 0.136). Total in female and males do not add up to 251 and 388, respectively, due to missing values