Table 1.
Factors associated to referral of TB suspects to community health centres by private practitioners in Bali province, Indonesia
| Characteristics | Cases N = 100 | Controls N = 100 |
Univariate analysis |
Multivariate analysis‡ |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR* | 95% CI† | OR* | 95% CI† | |||
|
Characteristics of the respondents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gender, % male |
49 |
33 |
1.9 |
1.1-3.5 |
-- |
- |
| Age, % < 40 years |
48 |
51 |
0.9 |
0.5-1.5 |
-- |
- |
| Occupation, % government employee |
98 |
98 |
1.0 |
0.1-7.2 |
-- |
- |
| Medical doctor, % |
24 |
16 |
1.7 |
0.8-3.4 |
-- |
- |
| Education, % bachelor or higher |
26 |
17 |
1.7 |
0.9-3.4 |
-- |
- |
| Work experience, % ≤ 5 years |
33 |
36 |
0.9 |
0.5-1.6 |
-- |
- |
|
Knowledge about DOTS: % of private practitioners with correct answers |
|
|
|
|
-- |
|
| Typical signs and symptoms classifying a patient as a TB suspect |
75 |
72 |
1.2 |
0.6-2.2 |
-- |
- |
| Typical signs and symptoms classifying a child as a TB suspect |
44 |
55 |
0.6 |
0.4-1.1 |
-- |
- |
| Laboratory diagnostics for TB suspects |
95 |
87 |
2.8 |
0.98-8.3 |
-- |
- |
| Diagnostics for children suspected of TB |
3 |
5 |
0.6 |
0.1-2.5 |
-- |
- |
| Frequency and moment of examination of sputum sample |
79 |
73 |
1.4 |
0.7-2.7 |
-- |
- |
| Type of sputum examination for diagnosis |
61 |
63 |
0.9 |
0.5-1.6 |
-- |
- |
| Timing of the start of TB treatment |
49 |
59 |
0.7 |
0.4-1.2 |
-- |
- |
| Drugs used in TB treatment regimen |
95 |
93 |
1.4 |
0.4-4.7 |
-- |
- |
| Costs of TB treatment |
100 |
95 |
- |
- |
-- |
- |
| Duration of treatment |
99 |
93 |
7.5 |
0.9-61.7 |
-- |
- |
| Direct observation of TB patient swallowing medicine needed |
100 |
95 |
- |
- |
-- |
- |
|
Overall knowledge, % good |
84 |
76 |
1.6 |
0.6-4.4 |
-- |
- |
|
Support received from TB control program |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| At least once visited by TB officer, % |
34 |
15 |
2.9 |
1.5-5.8 |
2.1 |
1.03-4.5 |
| Received information about DOTS strategy, % |
76 |
59 |
2.2 |
1.2-4.0 |
2.0 |
1.1-3.8 |
|
Characteristics of the clinic |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Clinic opening hours per day, % ≤ 2 hours |
14 |
10 |
1.5 |
0.6-3.5 |
-- |
- |
| TB suspect referral forms available, % |
54 |
29 |
2.9 |
1.6-5.2 |
2.8 |
1.5-5.2 |
| Distance between clinic and nearest laboratory, % < 5 km | 64 | 41 | 2.6 | 1.5-4.5 | 2.2 | 1.2-4.0 |
*OR = odds ratio; † CI 95% = 95% confidence interval; ‡ odds ratios are adjusted for all other variables that are displayed with an odds ratio in this table.