Table 1 Factors associated to referral of TB suspects to community health centres by private practitioners in Bali province, Indonesia
Characteristics | Cases N = 100 | Controls N = 100 | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis‡ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OR* | 95% CI† | OR* | 95% CI† | |||
Characteristics of the respondents | ||||||
Gender, % male | 49 | 33 | 1.9 | 1.1-3.5 | -- | - |
Age, % < 40 years | 48 | 51 | 0.9 | 0.5-1.5 | -- | - |
Occupation, % government employee | 98 | 98 | 1.0 | 0.1-7.2 | -- | - |
Medical doctor, % | 24 | 16 | 1.7 | 0.8-3.4 | -- | - |
Education, % bachelor or higher | 26 | 17 | 1.7 | 0.9-3.4 | -- | - |
Work experience, % ≤ 5 years | 33 | 36 | 0.9 | 0.5-1.6 | -- | - |
Knowledge about DOTS: % of private practitioners with correct answers | -- | |||||
Typical signs and symptoms classifying a patient as a TB suspect | 75 | 72 | 1.2 | 0.6-2.2 | -- | - |
Typical signs and symptoms classifying a child as a TB suspect | 44 | 55 | 0.6 | 0.4-1.1 | -- | - |
Laboratory diagnostics for TB suspects | 95 | 87 | 2.8 | 0.98-8.3 | -- | - |
Diagnostics for children suspected of TB | 3 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.1-2.5 | -- | - |
Frequency and moment of examination of sputum sample | 79 | 73 | 1.4 | 0.7-2.7 | -- | - |
Type of sputum examination for diagnosis | 61 | 63 | 0.9 | 0.5-1.6 | -- | - |
Timing of the start of TB treatment | 49 | 59 | 0.7 | 0.4-1.2 | -- | - |
Drugs used in TB treatment regimen | 95 | 93 | 1.4 | 0.4-4.7 | -- | - |
Costs of TB treatment | 100 | 95 | - | - | -- | - |
Duration of treatment | 99 | 93 | 7.5 | 0.9-61.7 | -- | - |
Direct observation of TB patient swallowing medicine needed | 100 | 95 | - | - | -- | - |
Overall knowledge, % good | 84 | 76 | 1.6 | 0.6-4.4 | -- | - |
Support received from TB control program | ||||||
At least once visited by TB officer, % | 34 | 15 | 2.9 | 1.5-5.8 | 2.1 | 1.03-4.5 |
Received information about DOTS strategy, % | 76 | 59 | 2.2 | 1.2-4.0 | 2.0 | 1.1-3.8 |
Characteristics of the clinic | ||||||
Clinic opening hours per day, % ≤ 2 hours | 14 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.6-3.5 | -- | - |
TB suspect referral forms available, % | 54 | 29 | 2.9 | 1.6-5.2 | 2.8 | 1.5-5.2 |
Distance between clinic and nearest laboratory, % < 5 km | 64 | 41 | 2.6 | 1.5-4.5 | 2.2 | 1.2-4.0 |