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. 2012 Dec 17;7(12):e52334. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052334

Table 1. Univariate analysis of the risk factors for non-adherence to TB treatment among migrant PTB patients.

Variables non-adherence adherence OR 95%CI P
n % n %
Sex 0.291
Male 35 17.6 164 82.4 1.0
Female 15 13.0 100 87.0 0.70 0.37–1.35
Age(in years) 0.092
15∼29 26 15.4 143 84.6 1.0
30∼44 21 21.2 78 78.8 1.48 0.78–2.80
≥45 3 6.5 43 93.5 0.38 0.11–1.33
Educational level 0.074
Primary school and below 14 23.7 45 76.3 1.0
Junior school 22 17.5 104 82.5 0.680 0.32–1.45
Senior school and above 14 10.9 115 89.1 0.391 0.07–1.19
Marital Status 0.017
Single 14 10.0 126 90.0 1.0
Married 32 19.6 131 80.4 2.198 1.12–4.31
Divorced/bereft of spouse 4 36.4 7 63.6 5.143 1.34–19.78
Household origin 0.178
Rural 47 17.0 230 83.0 1.0
Urban 3 8.1 34 91.9 0.43 0.13–1.47
Household income level 0.904
Lowest group 11 13.9 68 86.1 1.0
Lower group 16 15.7 86 84.3 1.15 0.50–2.64
Higher group 12 16.2 62 83.8 1.20 0.49–2.91
Highest group 11 18.6 48 81.4 1.42 0.57–3.53
Debt status 0.001
No 25 11.2 199 88.8 1.0
≤10000 Yuan(RMB) 14 24.6 43 75.4 2.59 1.25–5.39
>10000Yuan(RMB) 11 33.3 22 66.7 3.98 1.73–9.17
Working hours per day 0.025
≤8 26 12.6 181 87.4 1.0
>8 24 22.4 83 77.6 2.01 1.09–3.71
Working days per week 0.049
≤5 15 11.2 119 88.8 1.0
>5 35 19.4 145 80.6 1.92 1.01–3.67
Health insurance status 0.389
Yes 15 13.5 96 86.5 1.0
No 35 17.2 168 82.8 1.33 0.69–2.57
Distance to local CTD (Kms) 0.783
0- 10 13.3 65 86.7 1.0
5- 10 14.1 61 85.9 1.07 0.42–2.74
10- 20 18.3 89 81.7 1.46 0.64–3.33
20- 10 16.9 49 83.1 1.33 0.51–3.44
Knowledge about TB before diagnosis 0.002
Yes 8 7.0 106 93.0 1.0
No 42 21.0 158 79.0 3.52 1.59–7.80
TB-related health education before chemotherapy 0.001
Yes 32 12.5 224 87.5 1.0
No 18 31.0 40 69.0 3.15 1.62–6.15
Patients evaluation on free treatment policies incentiveness to adherence 0.000
Strong 29 11.3 227 88.7 1.0
Moderate 5 22.7 17 77.3 3.46 1.32–9.10
Weak 16 44.4 20 55.6 6.73 3.12–14.51
Treatment supervisor 0.001
Self supervision 25 28.4 63 71.6 1.0
Family members 16 16.8 79 83.2 0.51 0.25–1.04
Primary care physicians 4 4.8 80 95.2 0.13 0.04–0.38
Volunteers 5 10.6 42 89.4 0.30 0.11–0.85
*

:Household income level: 1) Lowest group (≤10000 RMB Yuan per year); 2) Lower group(10001–20000 RMB Yuan per year); 3) Higher group (20001–30000 RMB Yuan per year ); 4) Highest group (>30000 RMB Yuan per year).