Table 3.
Factors associated with TB treatment success rate among pulmonary smear-positive TB patients registered during 1997–2011 in Arsi Zone, Central Ethiopia
| Treatment success categories | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Category | Not successfully treated | Successfully treated | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) |
| Patients’ residence | Urban | 794 (15.5) | 4,325 (84.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Rural | 1,138 (12.5) | 7,964 (87.5) | 1.49 (1.40,1.58)** | 1.13 (0.96,1.37) | |
| Age | 0–14 years | 192 (9.9) | 1,747 (90.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 15–24 years | 421 (9.6) | 3,968 (90.4) | 1.06 (0.95,1.21) | 1.14 (0.84,1.53) | |
| 25–49 years | 1006 (16.2) | 5,201 (83.8) | 0.59 (0.52,0.68)** | 0.74 (0.53,0.95)** | |
| ≥50 years | 325 (19.3) | 1,361 (81.7) | 0.47 (0.44,0.56)** | 0.42 (0.35,0.60)** | |
| Sex | Male | 1,060 (13.7) | 6,674 (86.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Female | 895 (13.8) | 5,592 (86.9) | 1.05 (0.98,1.11) | 1.10 (0.94,1.30) | |
| Patient category | New | 2,014 (15.2) | 11,223 (84.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Re-treatment | 319 (32.4) | 665 (67.6) | 0.47 (0.43,0.56)** | 0.61 (0.41,0.67)** | |
| HIV status | HIV −ve | 227 (6.8) | 3,112 (93.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| HIV +ve | 49 (17.1) | 239 (82.9) | 0.35 (0.34,0.47)** | 0.45 (0.31,0.53)** | |
| Having, contact person | Yes | 1,770 (13.3) | 11,537 (86.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| No | 158 (17.0) | 756 (83.0) | 0.76 (0.68,0.85)** | 0.87 (0.61,1.35) | |
**
Note: Significant at p<0.001.