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Table 2 Key quantitative results for TB Tracer

From: Patients’ perspectives of acceptability of ART, TB and maternal health services in a subdistrict of Johannesburg, South Africa

Variables

Provider acceptability

Service acceptability

Community acceptability

Simple (unadjusted) logistic regression

Multiple (adjusted) logistic regression

Simple (unadjusted) logistic regression

Multiple (adjusted) logistic regression

Simple (unadjusted) logistic regression

Multiple (adjusted) logistic regression

OR (95%CI)

p

OR (95%CI)

p

OR (95%CI)

p

OR (95%CI)

p

OR (95%CI)

p

OR (95%CI)

p

Age group

  ≤ 40

Ref

           

  ≥ 41

1.8 (0.36-8.81)

0.473

1.0 (0.62-1.78)

0.865

0.5 (0.19-1.06)

0.068

0.6 (0.23-1.37)

0.206

Gender

 Female

Ref

           

 Male

0.9 (0.23-3.32)

0.840

1.5 (0.92-2.52)

0.099

1.8 (0.97-3.26)

0.064

0.3 (0.13-0.88)

0.027

0.4 (0.14-1.09)

0.074

Education

 no schooling

Ref

           

 Primary

0.4 (0.05-4.02)

0.473

0.4 (0.04-4.35)

0.471

 secondary

0.4 (0.04- 3.06)

0.351

1.8 (0.19-17.19)

0.610

 tertiary

Employment

 Employed

Ref

           

 Unemployed

1.7 (0.41-6.91)

0.474

1.3 (0.74-2.29)

0.354

0.7 (0.24-1.74)

0.390

SES

 Low

Ref

           

 Middle

2.1 (1.43-7.91)

< 0.001

0.4 (0.12-1.11)

0.075

0.4 (0.12-1.43)

0.165

0.3 (0.04-2.66)

0.294

 High

2.5 (1.56-4.57)

< 0.001

0.7 (0.23-2.32)

0.588

1.1 (0.29-3.89)

0.910

0.6 (0.06-5.02)

0.615

Home location

 Far

Ref

           

 Near

0.5 (0.11-2.41)

0.394

3.4 (0.75-14.94)

0.115

3.8 (0.74-18.90)

0.109

Means of transport

 Public transport

Ref

           

 Walk (foot)

0.6 (0.08-5.10)

0.658

0.6 (0.23-1.19)

0.136

0.4 (0.18-1.89)

0.910

0.8 (0.23-3.06)

0.784

Pre-treatment smear results

 Negative

Ref

           

 Positive

3.3 (0.60-16.87)

0.172

3.2 (0.58-17.07)

0.181

0.7 (0.39-1.27)

0.246

1.0 (0.41-2.49)

0.982

Pre-treatment culture results

 Negative

Ref

           

 Positive

2.3 (0.13-38.12)

0.571

1.2 (0.26-5.12)

0.847

2.0 (0.52-7.99)

0.308

DOT checked

 No

Ref

           

 Yes

0.2 (0.13-0.42)

< 0.001

0.2 (0.09-0.34)

< 0.001

1.7 (0.72-3.92)

0.234

Missing visita

 No

Ref

           

 Yes

2.2 (1.09-4.31)

0.027

2.1 (0.94-4.71)

0.071

2.8 (0.61-12.53)

0.186

2.5 (0.51-12.68)

0.256

Missing visitb

 No

Ref

           

 Yes

4.7 (1.39-15.95)

0.012

5.1 (1.40-18.67)

0.013

1.1 (0.22-5.21)

0.932

  1. visita: visits during intensive phase of the TB treatment (first 2 months); visitb: visits during continuation phase of the TB treatment (after the first 2 months)