Table 3 Factors associated with unsuccessful TB treatment outcomes among TB cases of all Forms in refugee camps in Ethiopia (2014–2017)
Characteristics | Successful outcomes | Unsuccessful outcomes | X2, p-value | Bivariate analysis | Multivariable analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OR (95%CI) | P value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | P value | ||||
Gender | |||||||
 Male | 637 (84.3) | 119 (15.7) | 0.80; | 1 |  |  |  |
 Female | 522 (86.0) | 85 (14.0) | 0.37 | 1.04 (0.8–1.3) | 0.74 |  |  |
Age group | |||||||
  < 15 | 321 (86.5) | 50 (13.5) |  | 1 |  |  |  |
 15–29 | 349 (87.0) | 52 (13.0) | 33.7; | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) | 0.8 |  |  |
 30–44 | 286 (89.4) | 34 (10.6) | < 0.001 | 0.8 (0.5–1.2) | 0.3 |  |  |
 45–59 | 130 (77.8) | 37 (22.16) |  | 1.8 (1.1–2.9) | 0.01 | 2.4 (1.3–4.7) | 0.008 |
  > = 60 | 72 (69.2) | 32 (30.8) |  | 2.8 (1.7–4.8) | 0.001 | 4.3 (2.3–9.1) | < 0.001 |
Pre-treatment weight, kg | |||||||
  > 40 | 576 (86.9) | 87 (13.1) | 6.0; | 1 | 0.08 |  |  |
  < 40 | 215 (80.5) | 52 (19.5) | 0.01 | 1.3 (0.9–1.8) |  | 1.5 (0.9–2.3) | 0.05 |
Type of TB | |||||||
 P/Neg | 314 (82.6) | 66 (17.4) | 6.5; | 1 |  |  |  |
 PTB+ | 528 (87.9) | 73 (12.1) | 0.09 | 0.6 (0.4–0.9) | 0.02 | 0.6 (0.4–1.0) | 0.06 |
 Smear not done | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) |  | 1.2 (0.1–10.8) | 0.8 |  |  |
 EPTB | 313 (83.2) | 63 (16.8) |  | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) | 0.8 |  |  |
Category of TB patients | |||||||
 New and Relapse | 1146 (85.0 | 202 (15.0) |  | 1 |  |  |  |
 Failure | 2 (100) | 0 | 1.9; | 2.1 (0.6–8.1) | 0.2 |  |  |
 LTFU | 8 (72.7) | 3 (27.3) | 0.6 | 1.8 (0.2–18.3) | 0.6 |  |  |
 Others(O) | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0) |  |  |  |  |  |
HIV status | |||||||
 Negative | 934 (87.8) | 130 (12.2) | 24.6; | 1 | < 0.001 |  |  |
 Positive | 102 (72.3) | 39 (27.7) | < 0.001 | 1.6 (1.3–2.0) |  | 3.6 (2.3–5.8) | < 0.001 |
ART initiated?a | |||||||
 Yes | 89 (74.8) | 30 (25.2) | 3.5; | 1 | 0.06 |  |  |
 No | 148 (83.6) | 29 (16.4) | 0.06 | 0.9 (0.3–1.0) |  |  |  |