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Table 4 Facility characteristics associated with reported patient screening for cough in Mukono and Wakiso health facilities

From: Implementation of tuberculosis infection control in health facilities in Mukono and Wakiso districts, Uganda

Characteristics

Patient screening

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

p-value

District

    

Wakiso

10/30 (33.3%)

1

1

 

Mukono

12/21 (57.1%)

2.7 (0.84-8.42)

6.2 (1.10-34.58)

0.04

Facility level

    

Primary

12/33 (36.4%)

1

1

 

Tertiary

10/18 (55.6%)

2.2 (0.68-7.0)

0.2 (0.01-2.70)

0.21

Ownership

    

PNFP

5/10 (50.0%)

1

  

Government

17/41 (41.5%)

0.71 (0.17-2.83)

-

-

Staff training in TB IC

    

No

0/16 (0.0%)

-

  

Yes

22/35 (62.9%)

   

Staff numbers ( quartiles )

    

>9

3/10 (30.0%)

1

1

 

10-11

2/11 (18.2%)

0.5 (0.7-4.0)

1.0 (0.92-11.28)

0.92

12-24

8/12 (66.7%)

4.7 (0.8-28.5)

4.9 (0.37-64.33)

0.23

25-118

8/13 (61.5%)

3.7 (0.6-21.6)

7.80 (0.27-225-78)

0.23

Annual outpatient turnover ( quartiles )

    

<8499

1/11 (9.1%)

1

1

 

8,500-17,999

5/11 (45.5%)

8.3 (0.78-89.5)

4.2 (0.29-59.98)

0.29

18,000-66,442

6/11 (54.5%)

12 (1.1-128.8)

9.5 (0.70-127.89)

0.09

>66,443

8/12 (66.7%)

20 (1.85-216.2)

19.6 (1.05-366.79)

0.05