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Table 2 Risk factors for patients delay.

From: Delay in Tuberculosis case detection in Pwani region, Tanzania. a cross sectional study

 

Delay

n (%)

No delay

N (%)

Odds ratio and 95%CI

Presenting symptoms

   

   Cough > 2 weeks

64/79(81.0)

98/127(77.2)

OR = 0.8(95%CI 0.39-1.59)

   Cough with blood

12/79(15.2)

15/127(11.8)

OR = 0.7(95%CI 0.33-1.69)

   Difficult in breathing

23/79(29.1)

39/127(30.7)

OR = 1.1(95%CI 0.58-2.00)

   Chest Pain

6/79 (7.6)

32/127(25.2)

OR = 0.2(95%CI 0.10-0.61)‡

   Fever

44/79(55.7)

70/127(55.1)

OR = 1.0 (95%CI 0.56-1.72)

   Loss of weight

20/79(25.3)

20/127(15.8)

OR = 0.6(95%CI 0.27-1.11)

Poor knowledge of TB symptoms

   

   Cough > 2 weeks

16/79(20.3)

17/127(13.4)

OR = 1.64(95%CI 0.78-3.48)

   Cough with blood

58/79(73.4)

108/127(85.0)

OR = 0.5(95%CI 0.24-0.98)

   Difficult in breathing

56/79(70.9)

90/127(70.9)

OR = 1.0(95%CI 0.54-1.86)

   Chest Pain

72/79(91.1)

99/127(78.0)

OR = 2.9(95%CI 1.20- 7.03)‡

   Fever

33/79(41.8)

49/127(38.6)

OR = 1.1(95%CI 0.64-2.02)

   Loss of weight

60/79(75.9)

103/127(81.1)

OR = 0.7(95%CI 0.37-1.45)

Poor knowledge of transmission

   

   Cough/Sneezing

10/79(12.7)

11/127(8.7)

OR = 1.5(95%CI 0.62-3.78)

   Sharing eating utensils

71/79(89.9)

109/127(85.8)

OR = 1.5(95%CI 0.60-3.55)

   Shaking hands

31/79(39.2)

46/127(36.2)

OR = 1.1(95%CI 0.64-2.03)

   Mosquito bite

47/78 (60.3)

64/127(50.4)

OR = 1.5(95%CI 0.84-2.64)

   Mother to child transmission during pregnancy

66/79(83.5)

103/127(81.1)

OR = 1.2(95%CI 0.56-2.49)

Believe that TB is always associated with HIV/AIDS*

52/69 (75.4)

59/111 (53.2)

OR = 2.7(95%CI 1.39- 5.23)‡

Poor knowledge of TB curable

1/79(1.3)

3/127(2.4)

OR = 0.5(95%CI 0.05-5.19)

  1. *n = 26 were missing