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Table 3 Factors associated with unsuccessful treatment outcomes among TB patients registered during 2008–2014, Southwestern Ethiopia

From: Tuberculosis treatment outcomes of six and eight month treatment regimens in districts of Southwestern Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study

Variables

Treatment outcomes

Odds ratio (OR)

Unsuccessful

n (%)

Successful

n (%)

Crude OR

95 % CIa

Adjusted OR

95 % CI

Age (years)

Mean(SD)

33.5 (14)

30.4 (12.0)

1.02 (1.002,1.03)

1.02 (1.001,1.022)

Gender

Male

60 (13.4)

387 (86.6)

1

1

Female

35 (10.2)

308 (89.8)

0.73 (0.47.1.14)

0.63 (0.38,1.03)

Residence

Urban

32 (9.1)

318 (90.9)

1

1

Rural

63 (14.3)

377 (85.7)

1.66 (1.06,2.61)

2.1 (1.18,3.75)

Zone

Kaffa

34 (16.2)

176 (83.8)

1

1

Bench Maji

50 (12.2)

359 (87.8)

0.72 (0.45,1.14)

1.41 (0.73,2.75)

Sheka

11 (6.4)

160 (93.6)

0.36 (0.17,0.73)

1.2 (0.44,3.32)

Treatment center

Hospital

17 (16.3)

87 (83.7)

1

1

HC

78 (11.4)

608 (88.6)

0.66 (0.37,1.16)

0.37 (0.14,0.97)

Type of TB

Pulmonary

78 (12.8)

530 (87.2)

1

1

EPTBb

17 (9.3)

165 (90.7)

0.70 (0.40,1.22)

0.57 (0.32,1.04)

HIV status

Negative

53 (9.9)

482 (90.1)

1

1

Positive

13 (16.9)

64 (83.1)

1.85 (0.95,3.57)

2.39 (1.12,5.07)

Unknown

29 (16.3)

178 (83.7)

1.77 (1.08,2.88)

2.26 (1.23,4.11)

Weight change end of 2nd month

No increase

11 (8.2)

357 (91.8)

1

1

Increased

9 (3)

101 (97)

0.35 (0.14,0.86)

0.28 (0.11,0.72)

Unknown

75 (24)

237 (76)

3.55 (1.71,7.37)

3.48 (1.60,7.54)

Continuation phase regimen

6EH

58 (14.7)

337 (85.3)

1

1

4RH

37 (9.4)

358 (90.6)

0.60 (0.39,0.93)

0.55 (0.34,0.89)

  1. aConfidence interval, bExtra pulmonary Tuberculosis, bold figures indicate statisticaly significant at p<0.05