Time to first consultation, diagnosis and treatment of TB among patients attending a referral hospital in Northwest, Ethiopia

Table 5 Associations of total delay with socio-demographic and clinical factors among TB patients attending Felegehiwot Referral Hospital in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Variable	N (%)	Delayed (%)	Crude Odds ratio 95% CI	Adjusted odds ratio 95% CI
Sex
Male	124 (61,7)	54 (43.5)	1	1
Female	77 (38.3)	38 (49.4)	1.3 (0,7, 2.3)	0.7 (0.3, 1.5)
Age
15-34	133 (66.2)	58 (43.6)	1	1
35-54	53 (26.4)	23 (43.4)	0.9 (0.5, 1.9)	0.2 (0.2, 1.3)
>55	14 (7.0)	10 (71.4)	3.2 (0.9, 10.8) *	1.9 (3.3, 10.9) *
Marriage
Married	113 (56.2)	52 (46.0)	1	1
Single	66 (32.8)	28 (42.4)	1.6 (0.5, 1.6)	0.4 (0.2, 1.1)
Widowed	7 (3.5)	4 (57.1)	1.3 (0.3, 7.3)	15.5 (1.1, 218)
Divorced	15 (7.5)	8 (53.3)	1.3 (0.5, 3.9)	4.9 (0.9, 26.5)
Residence
Urban	86 (42.8)	22 (25.6)	1	1
Rural	115 (57.2)	70 (60.9)	4.5 (2.6, 8.4)*	2.8 (1.1, 7.3)*
Education
Below 8^th grade	135 (67.2)	73 (54.1)	1	1
Secondary	32 (15.9)	12 (37.5)	0.5 (0.2, 1.1)	0.5 (0.2, 1.4)
College and above	34 (16.9)	7 (20.6)	0.2 (0.1, 0.5)*	0.5 (0.2, 1.5)
Employment
Peasants	87 (43.3)	53 (60.9)	1	1
Civil servant	20 (10.0)	4 (20.0)	0.2 (0.1, 0.5)*	0.3 (0.1, 1.7)
Others	94 (46.8)	35 (37.2)	0.4 (0.2, 0.7)*	1.5 (0.4, 5.0)
Income
Less than 300 birr^§	137 (68.2)	68 (49.6)	1	1
Above 300 birr	64 (31.8)	24 (37.5)	0.6 (0.3, 1.1)	1.1 (0.5, 2.5)
HIV serostatus
Negative	128 (63.7)	61 (47.7)	1	1
Positive	42 (20.9)	13 (31.0)	0.4 (0.2, 0.8)*	0.7 (0.3, 1.8)
Not known	31 (15.4)	18 (58.1)	0.8 (0.4, 1.9)	0.6 (0.2, 1.7)
Type of TB
Pulmonary	120 (59.7)	44 (36.7)	1	1
Extra-pulmonary	81 (40.3)	48 (59.3)	2.5 (1.4, 4.5)	3.2 (1.5, 7.0)*
FHP visited
Hospital	55 (27.4)	15 (8.2)	1	1
Health centre	65 (32.3)	30 (46.2)	1.5 (0.7, 3.2)*	1.3 (0.5, 3.1)
Private	36 (17.9)	16 (45.8)	0.9 (0.4, 2.2)*	1.1 (0.4, 3.2)
Health post	45 (22.4)	32 (71.1)	3.8 (1.5, 9.7)*	2.9 (0.9, 9.1)

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