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Table 4 Odds ratio (OR) of knowledge and perception category to become treatment default

From: Knowledge and perception of tuberculosis and the risk to become treatment default among newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients treated in primary health care, East Nusa Tenggara: a retrospective study

Variables

Treatment default (n, %)

Finished treatment (n, %)

OR (95% CI)

P

Category of TB knowledge score

 Low (0–5)

20 (44.4)

62 (24.3)

2.49 (1.30–4.79)

0.006

 High (≥6)

25 (55.6)

193 (75.7)

  

Category of perception of TB score

 Low (0–5)

18 (40.0)

28 (11.0)

5.40 (2.64–11.04)

<0.001

 High (≥6)

27 (60.0)

227 (89.0)