Table 2.
TB patients not accessing any treatment compared with patients accessing treatment from public health services in NFHS-4 (2015–16)
| Variables | TB treatment accessed from public health services | Univariate logistic regression | Multivariate logistic regression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No N=284 |
Yes N=5323 |
Total N=5607 |
P value | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | P value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
| Age | |||||||
| 0–10 yrs | 14 (10) | 124 (90) | 137(100) | 0.002 | 3.20 (1.51–6.81) | 0.003 | 3.43 (1.52–7.77) |
| 11–20 yrs | 11 (3) | 317 (97) | 328(100) | 0.89 | 1.06 (0.47–2.36) | 0.59 | 1.25 (0.56–2.79) |
| 21–30 yrs | 24 (3) | 705 (97) | 728(100) | Ref | Ref | ||
| 31–40 yrs | 48 (6) | 795 (94) | 843(100) | 0.02 | 1.77 (1.12–2.82) | 0.03 | 1.67 (1.05–2.65) |
| 41–50 yrs | 54 (5) | 944 (95) | 998(100) | 0.04 | 1.68 (1.01–2.81) | 0.14 | 1.50 (0.88–2.57) |
| 51–60 yrs | 58 (5) | 1183 (95) | 1241(100) | 0.14 | 1.44 (0.89–2.35) | 0.45 | 1.24 (0.70–2.19) |
| >60 yrs | 77 (6) | 1255 (94) | 1332(100) | 0.01 | 1.82 (1.15–2.87) | 0.07 | 1.59 (0.96–2.63) |
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | 116 (6) | 1778 (94) | 1894 (100) | 0.03 | 1.38 (1.04–1.84) | 0.15 | 1.24 (0.93–1.67) |
| Male | 168 (5) | 3545 (95) | 3713 (100) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Education | |||||||
| No education, Preschool | 189 (7) | 2506 (93) | 2695 (100) | 0.00 | 2.42 (1.57–3.69) | 0.02 | 1.82 (1.10–3.01) |
| Primary | 38 (3) | 1104 (97) | 1142 (100) | 0.75 | 1.10 (0.61–2.01) | 0.76 | 0.89 (0.45–1.79) |
| Secondary | 48 (3) | 1545 (97) | 1593 (100) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Higher | 8 (5) | 152 (95) | 160 (100) | 0.11 | 1.74 (0.88–3.44) | 0.08 | 2.01 (0.91–4.45) |
| Wealth index | |||||||
| Poor | 198 (6) | 3062 (97) | 3260 (100) | 0.009 | 2.0 (1.19–3.37) | 0.04 | 1.86 (1.01–3.34) |
| Middle | 47 (4) | 1071 (96) | 1118 (100) | 0.29 | 1.37 (0.76–2.44) | 0.32 | 1.38 (0.73–2.59) |
| Rich | 38 (3) | 1190 (97) | 1228 (100) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Residence | |||||||
| Rural | 215 (5) | 3846 (95) | 4061 (100) | 0.36 | 1.19 (0.82–1.72) | NA | NA |
| Urban | 69 (5) | 1477 (95) | 1546 (100) | Ref | |||
| Household structure | |||||||
| Nuclear | 146 (5) | 2549 (95) | 2695 (100) | 0.37 | 0.87 (0.65–1.17) | NA | NA |
| Non-nuclear | 138 (5) | 2774 (95) | 2912 (100) | Ref | |||
| Type of health service provider where household members generally go for treatment for other illnesses | |||||||
| Other Health Services | 150 (7) | 2079 (93) | 2229 (100) | 0.00 | 1.75 (1.31–2.33) | 0.00 | 1.69 (1.26–2.26) |
| Public Health services | 134 (4) | 3244 (96) | 3378 (100) | Ref | Ref | ||