Table 3.
Demographic and clinical factors associated with pre-diagnostic loss to follow-up (LFU) among presumptive TB patients in Hwange district, Zimbabwe, 2017
| Characteristics | Total N | Pre-diagnostic LFU n(%) | RR (95% CI) | aRR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1279 | 324(25) | ||||
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 726 | 191 | (26) | Ref | Not included | |
| Male | 551 | 133 | (24) | 0.9 (0.7-1.1) | ||
| Age group | ||||||
| 0-14 years | 81 | 24 | (30) | Ref | Not included | |
| 15-44 years | 749 | 192 | (26) | 0.9 (0.6-1.2) | ||
| 45 years and above | 449 | 108 | (24) | 0.8 (0.6-1.2) | ||
| Residence | ||||||
| Urban | 516 | 94 | (18) | Ref | Ref | |
| Rural | 752 | 228 | (30) | 1.7 (1.4-2.0) | 2.1 (1.6-2.6) | |
| Not recorded | 11 | 2 | (18) | 1.0 (0.3-3.5) | 1.4 (0.4-4.6) | |
| HIV status | ||||||
| Negative | 431 | 95 | (22) | Ref | Ref | |
| Positive | 673 | 173 | (26) | 1.2 (0.9-1.5) | 1.4 (1.1-1.7) | |
| Not recorded | 175 | 56 | (32) | 1.5 (1.1-1.9) | 1.7 (1.3-2.2) | |
| Type of health facility | ||||||
| Government | 509 | 73 | (14) | Ref | Ref | |
| Private-for-profit | 83 | 30 | (36) | 2.5 (1.8-3.6) | 3.7 (2.5-5.3) | |
| Council | 491 | 171 | (35) | 2.4 (1.9-3.1) | 2.5 (2.0-3.2) | |
| Mission | 196 | 50 | (26) | 1.8 (1.3-2.5) | 1.6 (1.2-2.2) | |
HIV=Human Immunodeficiency Virus; TB=Tuberculosis; RR=Unadjusted Relative Risk; aRR=Adjusted Relative Risk; CI=Confidence Interval; Ref= Reference category
RR in bold font indicate statistically significant results (p<0.05)