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Table 5 Factors associated with patient satisfaction for patients utilizing HIV (n = 265) and TB (n = 259) treatment

From: Patient satisfaction with HIV and TB treatment in a public programme in rural KwaZulu-Natal: evidence from patient-exit interviews

Patient demographic characteristics

HIV coefficient (95% CI) p-value*

TB coefficient (95% CI) p-value*

 

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

 

AV

AD

AC

CN

HW

AV

AD

AC

CN

GS

Sex: Male

−0.21

0.13

0.05

0.05

0.10

−0.22

−0.20

−0.31

−0.06

−0.11

 

(−0.35– -0.07)

(−0.41–0.67)

(−0.37–0.47)

(−0.25–0.35)

(−0.33–0.54)

(−0.60–0.15)

(−0.39– -0.00)

(−0.39–0.33)

(−0.32–0.20)

(−0.53–0.32)

0.02

0.51

0.74

0.63

0.50

0.17

0.05

0.82

0.55

0.53

Age

0.01

0.01

0.01

−0.01

−0.02

−0.01

0.00

0.01

0.02

−0.01

(−0.03–0.04)

(−0.03–0.46)

(−0.02–0.03)

(−0.03–0.02)

(−0.08–0.04)

(−0.03–0.02)

(-0.01–0.02)

(−0.00–0.02)

(−0.00–0.04)

(−0.02–0.01)

0.56

0.49

0.53

0.47

0.45

0.36

0.53

0.06

0.10

0.28

Education: Primary

0.05

0.18

0.04

0.24

0.15

0.10

0.37

0.29

0.37

0.01

 

(−0.57–0.67)

(−0.50–0.87)

(−0.16–0.25)

(−0.25–0.72)

(−0.12–0.43)

(−0.25–0.44)

(−0.23–0.97)

(−0.37–0.95)

(−0.07–0.82)

(−0.11–0.13)

0.80

0.45

0.57

0.22

0.17

0.48

0.16

0.29

0.08

0.77

Secondary and higher

0.10

0.58

0.09

−0.09

−0.18

−0.12

0.02

0.22

0.56

−0.38

(−0.47–0.67)

(−0.17–1.33)

(−0.19–0.36)

(−0.62–0.43)

(−1.06–0.70)

(−0.77–0.54)

(−0.86–0.90)

(−0.32–0.76)

(0.32–0.79)

(−0.90–0.14)

0.62

0.09

0.39

0.62

0.57

0.64

0.96

0.32

0.00

0.11

Employed: Yes

0.27

−0.30

−0.08

0.20

−0.05

0.14

0.21

−0.17

0.06

0.22

 

(−0.36–0.91)

(−1.01–0.40)

(−0.36–0.19)

(−0.97–1.36)

(−0.19–0.09)

(−0.34–0.62)

(−0.22–0.64)

(−1.19–0.85)

(−0.55–0.68)

(−0.36–0.79)

 

0.27

0.26

0.41

0.63

0.33

0.46

0.25

0.67

0.79

0.35

Marital status: Ever married

−0.04

−0.03

0.10

−0.04

0.04

0.01

−0.43

−0.15

0.06

−0.08

 

(−0.22–0.14)

(−8.88–0.83)

(−0.30–0.51)

(−0.22–0.13)

(−0.28–0.36)

(−0.36–0.38)

(−0.71– -0.14)

(−0.66–0.37)

(−0.17–0.2)

(−0.52–0.35)

0.57

0.93

0.48

0.49

0.73

0.94

0.01

0.48

0.50

0.62

  1. *Coefficients that are statistically significant at the 0.05 level are shown in bold font.
  2. AV, Availability; AD, Accommodation; AC, Acceptability; CN, Communication; HW, Health worker preference; GS, Global satisfaction.