Table 5 Factors influencing the probability of patient delay, health system delay and total delay (> 14 days) of TB patients with DM
Variables | Patient delay (n, %) | Health system delay (n, %) | Total delay (n, %) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
> 14 days | <=14 days | Adjusted OR | 95% CI | > 14 days | <=14 days | Adjusted OR | 95% CI | > 14 days | <=14 days | Adjusted OR | 95% CI | |
Age > 60 y | ||||||||||||
 Yes | 13 (36) | 16 (52) |  |  | 1 (20) | 28 (45) |  |  | 13 (35) | 16 (53) |  |  |
 No | 23 (64) | 15 (48) |  |  | 4 (80) | 34 (55) |  |  | 24 (65) | 14 (47) | 3.424 | 1.008 to 11.627* |
Sex | ||||||||||||
 Male | 27 (75) | 26 (84) |  |  | 4 (80) | 49 (79) |  |  | 28 (76) | 25 (83) |  |  |
 Female | 9 (25) | 5 (16) |  |  | 1 (20) | 13 (21) |  |  | 9 (24) | 5 (17) |  |  |
Household registration status | ||||||||||||
 Local | 30 (83) | 29 (94) |  |  | 1 (20) | 58 (94) |  |  | 30 (81) | 29 (97) |  |  |
 Migrant | 6 (17) | 2 (6) |  |  | 4 (80) | 4 (6) *** | / | / | 7 (19) | 1 (3) | 10.312 | 0.886 to 120.03 |
Smear sputum results | ||||||||||||
 Negativity | 19(53) | 14 (45) |  |  | 4 (80) | 29 (47) |  |  | 20 (54) | 13 (43) |  |  |
 Positivity | 17(47) | 17 (55) |  |  | 1 (20) | 33 (53) | / | / | 17 (46) | 17 (57) |  |  |
Treatment classification | ||||||||||||
 New patients | 36 (100) | 31 (100) |  |  | 5 (100) | 62 (100) |  |  | 37 (100) | 30 (100) |  | |
 Retreated patients | / | / |  | / | / |  | / | / |  |  | ||
Severe case | ||||||||||||
 Yes | 7 (19) | 17 (55) |  | 1 (20) | 23(37) |  | 7 (19) | 17 (57) |  |  | ||
 No | 29 (81) | 14 (45) ** | 5.031 | 1.696 to 14.918 ** | 4 (80) | 39 (63) |  | 30 (81) | 13 (43) *** | 9.725 | 2.582 to 36.626** | |
Cavity | ||||||||||||
 Yes | 16 (44) | 20 (65) |  |  | 1 (20) | 35 (56) |  | 16 (43) | 20 (67) |  |  | |
 No | 20 (56) | 11 (35) | 0.606 | 0.135 to 2.175 | 4 (80) | 27 (44) |  |  | 21 (57) | 10 (33) | 0.776 | 0.158 to 3.819 |
Level of hospital for initial TB diagnosis | ||||||||||||
 County | 33 (92) | 30 (97) |  |  | 1 (20) | 62 (100) |  |  | 33 (89) | 30 (100) |  |  |
 Municipal | 3 (8) | 1 (3) |  |  | 4 (80) | 0 (0) *** | / | / | 4 (11) | 0 (0) | / | / |