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Table 3 Tuberculosis patient and treatment characteristics associated with incomplete attendance of re-examinations during treatment

From: Treatment adherence among sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in mountainous areas in China

  

Incomplete re-examination

Univariate

Adjusted

 

n

n

(%)

OR

(95% CI)

p-value

OR

(95% CI)

Province

     

< 0.001

  

Anhui

105

10

9.5%

1.00

  

1.00

 

Ningxia

104

7

6.7%

0.69

0.25-1.88

 

0.83

0.29-2.3

Jiangxi

105

12

11.4%

1.23

0.51-2.98

 

1.30

0.53-3.2

Guizhou

105

52

49.5%

9.32

4.38-19.84

 

11.64

5.1-26.7

Ganshu

105

11

10.5%

1.11

0.45-2.74

 

2.24

0.84-5.9

TB patient category

     

0.16

  

New

476

80

16.8%

1.00

    

Retreatment

48

12

25%

1.65

0.82-3.31

   

Gender

     

0.05

  

male

364

72

19.8%

1.00

    

female

160

20

12.5%

0.58

0.34-0.99

   

Age (years)

     

0.12

  

≤45

238

36

15.1%

1.00

    

45 -65

193

33

17.1%

1.16

0.69-1.94

   

> 65

93

23

24.7%

1.84

1.02-3.33

   

Awareness of free diagnosis and treatment policy

     

0.19

  

Yes

344

55

16.0%

1.00

    

No

180

37

20.6%

1.36

0.86-2.16

   

Patients had heard about tuberculosis before seeking care

     

0.10

  

Yes

297

45

15.2%

1.00

    

No

227

47

20.7%

1.46

0.93-2.30

   

Distance from home to village clinics

     

0.11

  

< 1 km

177

23

13%

1.00

    

1-2 km

200

37

18.5%

1.52

0.86-2.67

   

> 2 km

147

32

21.8%

1.86

1.04-3.35

   

Return trip costs to diagnostic and re-examination center

     

0.008

  

≤20 RMB

373

55

14.7%

1.00

    

> 20 RMB

151

37

24.5%

1.88

1.18-3.00

   

Adverse effects during treatment

     

< 0.001

  

Yes

312

71

22.8%

1.00

  

1.00

 

No

212

21

9.9%

0.37

0.22-0.63

 

0.33

0.18-0.59

DOT during the intensive phase

     

0.12

  

no DOT

241

51

21.2%

1.00

    

DOT by village or town doctors

153

24

15.7%

0.69

0.41-1.18

   

DOT by volunteers

130

17

13.1%

0.56

0.31-1.02

   

DOT observer during ambulatory treatment

     

0.006

  

No DOT observer

138

44

31.90%

1.00

  

1.00

 

Family member, volunteer or other

230

31

13.50%

0.33

0.20-0.56

 

0.61

0.29-1.3

village doctor or township doctor

156

17

10.90%

0.26

0.14-0.49

 

0.33

0.18-0.63

Supervision visits by (village) doctor during treatment

     

< 0.001

  

Yes

462

69

14.9%

1.00

    

No

62

23

37.1%

3.36

1.89-5.97

   

time DOT observer spends with the patient during observation of treatment

     

0.006

  

DOT at home, ≤10 minutes

181

31

17.1%

1.00

    

DOT at home, > 10 minutes

198

24

12.1%

0.67

0.38-1.19

   

DOT outside home

100

21

21.0%

1.35

0.76-2.63

   

no DOT

45

16

35.6%

2.24

1.45-3.72

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