Table 4 Factors influencing the number of days of patient delays, health system delays and total delays of TB patients with DM
Variables | Patient delay (Median, IQR) | Health system delay (Median, IQR) | Total delay (Median, IQR) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Days | Adjusted β | 95% CI | Days | Adjusted β | 95% CI | Days | Adjusted β | 95% CI | |
Age > 60 y | |||||||||
 Yes | 12 (3–26) |  |  | 0 (0–0) |  |  | 12 (3–26) |  |  |
 No | 20 (7–29) | 14.681 | −5.111 to 34.474 | 0 (0–0) | −1.903 | −7.154 to 3.358 | 22 (10–34)* | 17.962 | −2.580 to 38.504 |
Sex | |||||||||
 Male | 16 (6–27) |  |  | 0 (0–0) |  |  | 17 (6–33) |  |  |
 Female | 22 (6–31) |  |  | 0 (0–3) |  |  | 22 (10–32) |  |  |
Household registration status | |||||||||
 Local | 16 (6–25) |  |  | 0 (0–0) |  |  | 16 (6–25) |  |  |
 Migrant | 21 (8–57) |  |  | 11 (0–30) *** | −0.316 | −11.122 to 10.490 | 46 (26–65)* | 17.556 | −13.714 to 48.827 |
Smear sputum results | |||||||||
 Negativity | 18 (4–30) |  |  | 0 (0–1) |  |  | 21 (6–33) |  |  |
 Positivity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Treatment classification | |||||||||
 New patients | 17 (6–28) |  |  | 0 (0–0) |  |  | 19 (7–32) |  |  |
 Retreated patients | / |  |  | / |  |  | / |  |  |
Severe case | |||||||||
 Yes | 8 (5–22) |  |  | 0 (0–0) |  |  | 8 (5–23) |  |  |
 No | 20 (7–32)* | 16.948 | −3.472 to 37.369 | 0 (0–0) | −0.176 | −7.604 to 7.253 | 21 (11–36)* | 19.503 | −1.689 to 40.694 |
Cavity | |||||||||
 Yes | 14 (6–25) |  |  | 0 (0–0) |  |  | 14 (6–25) |  |  |
 No | 20 (5–31) |  |  | 0 (0–1) | 2.499 | −2.536 to 7.535 | 21 (7–33) |  |  |
Level of hospital for initial TB diagnosis | |||||||||
 County | 17 (6–29) |  |  | 0 (0–0) |  |  | 17 (6–30) |  |  |
 Municipal | 19 (8–21) |  |  | 27 (19–35) *** | 25.179 | 14.698 to 35.659*** | 46 (27–55)* | −22.844 | −82.551 to 36.864 |