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Table 5 Univariate analysis of factors associated with patient delay for presumptive and TB patients, n = 136

From: Explaining patient delay in healthcare seeking and loss to diagnostic follow-up among patients with presumptive tuberculosis in Tanzania: a mixed-methods study

Variable

OR

95% CI

P-value

Socio-demographics

 Sex

  

0.03

  Male

1 (Ref)

  

  Female

2.21

1.07–4.54

 

 Age groups

   

  18–27

1 (Ref)

  

  28–37

0.72

0.29–1.77

0.48

   ≥ 38

0.88

0.34–2.28

0.80

 Level of education

  

0.22

  No formal education

1 (Ref)

  

  Primary/secondary

0.48

0.14–1.55

 

 Monthly household income

  Low income

1 (Ref)

  

  Middle income

2.18

0.92–5.17

0.07

  High income

1.28

0.53–3.04

0.57

 Perceived causes

  Ingestion

0.75

0.53–1.07

0.12

  Magico-religious

1.15

0.84–1.56

0.35

  Environmental causes

0.94

0.76–1.17

0.61

  Substance Use

1.21

0.90–1.65

0.20

  Person to person contact

0.97

0.71–1.34

0.89

  Other conditions

1.0

0.73–1.35

1.0

 Help-seeking

  Traditional healers

2.46

1.10–5.50

0.02

  Religious healer

1.27

0.62–2.59

0.50

  Hospital

0.85

0.42–1.74

0.67

  Home remedies

1.28

0.52–3.12

0.58

  Dispensaries

1.09

0.52–2.27

0.81

  1. OR Odds ratio, 95% CI 95% Confidence Interval