Table 4.
Bivariate and multivariable predictors of completing clinic referral among referred contacts, adjusted for clustering by index patient
| Referral completed | Bivariate analysis | Multivariable analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic of referred contacts | Yes (%) | No (%) | OR* | P-value | AOR | P-value |
| (n = 582) | (n = 271) | (n = 311) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | ||
| Age-group (years) | < 0.001 | |||||
| < 18 | 59 (42) | 82 (58) | – | – | 1 | – |
| 18–40 | 48 (72) | 19 (28) | 5.8 (1.9–16.9) | 0.001 | 0.9 (0.3–2.9) | 0.8 |
| 41–59 | 44 (61) | 28 (39) | 4.1 (1.4–11.7) | 0.008 | 1.1 (0.3–3.5) | 0.9 |
| ≥ 60 | 117 (41) | 169 (59) | 0.9 (0.4–1.9) | 0.7 | 1.6 (0.7–3.8) | 0.2 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 155 (46) | 185 (54) | – | – | – | – |
| Male | 116 (48) | 126 (52) | 1.1 (0.6–1.9) | 0.8 | – | – |
| Persons living with HIV | ||||||
| No | 265 (46) | 309 (54) | – | – | – | – |
| Yes | 6 (75) | 2 (25) | 32.0 (1.4–749.5) | 0.03 | 68.1 (2.3–2009) | 0.015 |
| Diabetes mellitus: | ||||||
| No | 261 (49) | 275 (51) | – | – | – | – |
| Yes | 10 (22) | 36 (78) | 0.2 (0.05–0.6) | 0.008 | 0.3 (0.09–1.2) | 0.09 |
| Productive cough (≥ 2 weeks) | ||||||
| No | 113 (31) | 251 (69) | – | – | – | – |
| Yes | 158 (72) | 60 (28) | 19.9 (8.1–48.7) | < 0.001 | 21.6 (7.1–66) | < 0.001 |
| Household contact | ||||||
| No | 39 (36) | 69 (64) | – | – | 1 | – |
| Yes | 232 (49) | 242 (51) | 3.2 (1.1–9.1) | 0.03 | 1.8 (0.6–4.8) | 0.27 |
| Same insurer† | ||||||
| No | 239 (46) | 283 (54) | – | – | 1 | – |
| Yes | 32 (53) | 28 (47) | 2.4 (0.7–8.6) | 0.18 | 1.9 (0.6–6.5) | 0.29 |
| Socioeconomic status‡ | ||||||
| Lower | 246 (46) | 293 (54) | – | – | 1 | – |
| Higher | 25 (58) | 18 (42) | 3.3 (0.7–16.0) | 0.14 | 2.6 (0.5–13) | 0.24 |
| City zone§ | 0.03 | |||||
| Western | 86 (51) | 84 (49) | 4.1 (1.1–14.7) | 0.03 | 4.1 (1.2–15) | 0.03 |
| Central | 79 (59) | 56 (41) | 6.6 (1.6–26.7) | 0.008 | 3.7 (0.98–14) | 0.054 |
| Southeast | 65 (40) | 97 (60) | 1.5 (0.4–5.1) | 0.52 | 2.0 (0.6–6.7) | 0.27 |
| North | 40 (35) | 73 (65) | – | – | 1 | – |
aOR = adjusted odds ratio; OR = odds ratio; TB = tuberculosis. Statistically significant associations at the P < 0.05 level shown in bold.
*
Adjusted only for clustering by index patient.
†
When contact and index patient had the same insurer.
‡
Socioeconomic status based on the socioeconomic distribution of households per neighborhood reported by the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia.
§
Divisions of the city according to the planning department of Cali.