Treatment delay and associated factors among adults with drug resistant tuberculosis at treatment initiating centers in the Amhara regional state, Ethiopia

Table 3 Bi-variable and Multivariable Binary logistic regression analysis for factors associated with treatment delay among adult DR-TB patients in Amhara regional State treatment initiating centers from September 2010 to December 2017 (n = 530)

Variable		Treatment delay		OR (95% CI)
Variable		Yes	No	COR	AOR
TIC	GUH	165	137	3.52(1.80–6.88)	1.41(0.64–3.11)
	Borumeda hospital	59	77	2.24(1.09–4.58)	1.33(0.56–3.17)
	Debre-Markos hospital	19	22	2.52(1.05–6.08)	1.45(0.55–3.79)
	Woldiya hospital	13	38	1	1
Occupation	Employed	64	75	1	1
	Unemployed	109	130	0.98 (0.65–1.49)	0.84(0.51–1.38)
	Farmer	83	69	1.41(0.89–2.24)	1.14(0.66–1.97)
Educational status	Cannot read and write	77	81	0.78 (0.45–1.37)	0.89(0.46–1.73)
	Primary	96	119	0.66 (0.39–1.14)	0.55 (0.29–1.04)
	Secondary	44	42	0.86 (0.46–1.61)	0.81(0.39–1.69)
	Tertiary and above	39	32	1	1
Base line functional status	Working	77	117	1	1
	Ambulatory	143	110	1.98(1.35–2.89)	1.03(0.64–1.68)
	Bedridden	36	47	1.16(0.69–1.96)	0.89(0.46–1.72)
Previous TB Rx history	New	24	64	1	1
Previous TB Rx history	One times and above	232	210	2.95(1.78–4.88)	1.23(0.69–2.19)
HIV status	Positive	55	88	0.58(0.39–0.86)	0.69(0.44–1.11)
HIV status	Negative	201	186	1	1
Type of diagnostic test	Expert	92	217	1	1
	LPA	122	43	6.69(4.38–10.23)	5.59(3.48–8.98)*
	Culture	42	14	7.08(3.69–13.58)	5.15(2.53–10.47)*
Chief complain	Cough	241	248	1	1
Chief complain	Others	15	26	0.59(0.31–1.15)	0.65(0.29–1.45)
History of injectable anti-TB drug	Yes	139	85	2.64(1.85–3.77)	2.12(1.41–3.19)*
History of injectable anti-TB drug	No	117	189	1	1
Base line BMI	Low	177	210	0.69(0.47–1.02)	0.75(0.48–1.17)
Base line BMI	Normal	78	64	1	1

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