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Table 3 Factors associated with complete sputum smear monitoring at unadjusted and adjusted analysis

From: Complete sputum smear monitoring among adults with pulmonary tuberculosis in central Uganda: evidence from a retrospective cohort study

  

Modified Poisson regression analysis

Variable

Level

Unadjusted analysis

Adjusted analysis

RR

95% CI

aRR

95% CI

Lives in the same sub-county as the health facility

No

1

   

Yes

0.74

(0.53–1.02)

  

Residence

Rural

1

 

1

 

Urban

1.17

(0.87–1.57)

1.45*

(1.12–1.90)

Type of DOTS

Facility-based

1

   

Community-based

2.39***

(1.60–3.58)

1.91**

(1.25–2.92)

Persons with TB/HIV

No

1

 

1

 

Yes

0.36***

(0.24–0.53)

0.45***

(0.30–0.68)

Health facility ownership

Private-not-for Profit

1

   

Government

6.75

(0.99–45.96)

  

Treatment supporter

No

    

Yes

1.53

(0.98–2.40)

1.21

(0.78–1.88)

  1. 1) Statistical significance codes at 5%: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001; 2) DOTS: Directly observed therapy short course strategy; 3) RR: Unadjusted risk ratio; 4) aRR: Adjusted risk ratio