Table 5.
Factors associated with patient delay in DOTs clinics of Oromia Zone, Northeast Ethiopia, 2018.
| Variables | Patient delay | Unadjusted and adjusted OR | P values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No delay | Delay | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | ||
| Educational status | |||||
| College/university | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Did not have any schooling level | 73 | 130 | 3.12 [1.25, 7.77] | 0.74 [0.39, 1.39] | |
| Have basic schooling level | 35 | 34 | 1.7 [0.63, 4.57] | 0.45 [0.23, 0.89] | 0.02∗ |
| Primary | 37 | 20 | 0.95 [0.34, 2.64] | 0.67 [0.29, 1.56] | |
| Secondary | 17 | 19 | 1.96 [0.65, 5.80] | 0.49 [0.17, 1.41] | |
| Place of residence | |||||
| Urban | 93 | 88 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rural | 83 | 123 | 1.57 [1.05, 2.34] | 0.99 [0.57, 1.56] | |
| Distance to the nearest health facilities | |||||
| <10 km | 142 | 113 | 1 | 1 | |
| ≥10 km | 34 | 98 | 3.62 [2.28, 5.75] | 3.23 [1.97, 5.42] | 0.001∗∗∗ |
| Treatment sought prior to first visit in health facilities | |||||
| No prior treatment | 149 | 126 | 1 | 1 | |
| Holy/hot water | 4 | 7 | 5.03 [1.65, 15.32] | 3.62 [1.11, 11.84] | 0.034∗ |
| Private drug store/pharmacy | 15 | 48 | 3.78 [2.02, 7.08] | 3.01 [1.52, 5.95] | 0.001∗∗∗ |
| Traditional healers | 8 | 20 | 2.96 [1.26, 6.94] | 2.14 [0.81, 5.60] | |
| TB type | |||||
| BCPTB | 75 | 61 | 1 | 1 | |
| CDPTB | 74 | 71 | 1.18 [0.74, 1.89] | 1.19 [0.71, 1.99] | |
| EPTB | 27 | 79 | 3.59 [2.07, 6.25] | 2.30 [1.26, 4.23] | 0.001∗∗∗ |
| Knowledge about TB | |||||
| Good knowledge | 105 | 95 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poor knowledge | 71 | 116 | 1.81 [1.20, 2.71] | 1.58 [1.01, 2.49] | 0.04∗ |
AOR = adjusted odds ratio; COR = crude odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. N.B. ∗P value ≤ 0.05, ∗∗∗P value ≤ 0.001. Coding of dependent variable: delay = 1 and no delayed = 0.