Table 3.

Association of patients' knowledge about TB with delays in seeking health-care facility in East Gojjam Zone, northwest Ethiopia, April–July 2013

Variable	Total	Patient delay		COR (95%)	P value	AOR (95%)	P value
		Yes	No
Ever heard about TB? (N = 605)
Yes	553	285 (51.5)	268 (48.5)	1
No	52	38 (73.1)	14 (26.9)	2.55 (1.35–4.82)	0.004	2.03 (1.02–3.87)	0.006
Cause of TB (N = 553, excluding those who had not heard of TB)
Tiny organism	440	195 (44.3)	245 (55.7)	1
Evil/sprit	6	3 (50.0)	3 (50.0)	0.84 (0.14–5.06)	0.847	0.94 (0.16–5.71)	0.949
Cold weather	13	11 (84.6)	2 (15.4)	6.91 (1.51.31.54)	0.013	5.95 (1.28–27.75)	0.023
I do not know	94	76 (80.9)	18 (19.1)	5.31 (3.07–9.17)	< 0.001	4.73 (2.67–8.38)	< 0.001
Transmission route of TB (N = 553)
Coughing/sneezing	513	252 (49.1)	261 (50.9)	1
Shaking hands	8	7 (87.5)	1 (12.5)	7.25 (0.89–59.53)	0.065	8.31 (1.00–69.17)	0.050
Eating together	20	15 (75.0)	5 (25.0)	3.11 (1.11–8.68)	0.030	3.31 (1.15–9.51)	0.026
I do not know	11	10 (90.9)	1 (9.1)	10.36 (1.32–81.50)	0.026	6.29 (0.74–53.32)	0.092
Knowledge of perceived signs and symptoms of TB (N = 553)
Yes	505	253 (50.1)	252 (49.9)	1
No	48	32 (66.7)	16 (33.3)	1.99 (1.07–3.72)	0.031	1.08 (0.53–2.22)	0.834
Ever heard about free treatment services for TB? (N = 553)
Yes	508	251 (49.4)	257 (50.6)	1
No	45	34 (75.6)	11 (24.4)	3.17 (1.57–6.38)	0.001	1.62 (0.96–2.79)	0.035
Patients' knowledge about prevention of TB (N = 553)
Yes	539	275 (51.0)	264 (49.0)	1
No	14	10 (71.4)	4 (28.6)	2.40 (0.74–7.75)	0.143
Overall level of knowledge about TB (N = 553)
Good	387	98 (25.3)	289 (74.7)	1
Fair	107	35 (32.7)	72 (67.3)	1.56 (1.07–3.52)	0.071	1.14 (0.78–2.13)	0.082
Poor	111	98 (88.3)	23 (20.7)	3.34 (2.14–5.91)	0.002	2.79 (1.74–4.92)	0.006

AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; COR = crude odds ratio; TB = tuberculosis.