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Table 1 Association of background characteristics of study participants (n = 200) and level of adherence to anti-TB treatment

From: Adherence to Anti-tuberculosis treatment and treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients in Alamata District, northeast Ethiopia

Characteristics

Response categories

Number (%) of respondents

Adherence status

Crude OR (95 % CL)

P value

Number (%) non-adhered

Number (%) adhered (%)

Sex

Male

116 (58.0)

15 (12.9)

101 (87.1)

1.41 (0.6, 3.5)

0.46

Female

84 (42.0)

8 (9.5)

76 (90.5)

Reference

 

Age (year)

15–24

58 (29.0)

10 (17.2)

48 (82.8)

5.1 (1.3, 24.5)

0.04

25–34

54 (27.0)

8 (14.8)

46 (85.2)

4.3 (0.9,21.1)

0.08

35–44

37 (18.5)

3 (8.1)

34 (91.9)

2.2 (0.3, 13.6)

0.41

45+

51 (25.5)

2 (3.9)

49 (96.1)

Reference

 

Marital status

Unmarried

63 (31.5)

11 (17.5)

52 (82.5)

2.3 (0.6, 8.7)

0.24

Married

102 (51.0)

9 (8.8)

93 (91.2)

1.0 (0.3, 4.1)

0.96

Other

35 (17.5)

3 (8.6)

32 (91.4)

Reference

 

Treatment history

New cases

155 (77.5)

7 (10.3)

148 (89.7)

Reference

 

Re-treatment cases

35 (17.5)

6 (17.2)

29 (82.9)

1.8 (0.7, 5.0)

0.26

Education

Illiterate

121 (60.5)

9 (7.4)

112 (92.6)

Reference

 

Read and write

20 (10.0)

3 (15.0)

17 (85.0)

2.2 (0.5, 8.9)

0.27

Primary (1–8)

33 (16.5)

7 (21.2)

26 (78.8)

3.4 (1.1, 9.8)

0.03

Secondary and above

26 (13.0)

4 (15.4)

22 (84.6)

2.3 (0.6, 8.0)

0.21

Distance home-clinic (km)

0–5 km

92 (46.0)

9 (9. 8)

83 (90.2)

Reference

 

>5 km

108 (54.0)

14 (6.5)

94 (93.5)

1.4 (0.6, 3.3)

0.48

Residence area:

Urban

51 (25.5)

8 (15.7)

43 (84.3)

1.7 (0.7, 4.2)

0.28

Rural

149 (74.5)

15 (10.1)

134 (89.9)

Reference

 

Family size

1–5

138 (69.0)

15 (10.9)

123 (89.1)

Reference

 

>5

62 (31.0)

8 (12.9)

54 (87.1)

1.2 (0.5, 3.0)

0.67

Form of TB

PTB

100 (50.0)

14 (14.0)

86 (86.0)

1.7 (0.8,4.0)

0.27

EPTB

100 (50.0)

9 (9.0)

91 (91.0)

Reference

 

Means of transportation

Foot

118 (59.0)

18 (15.2)

100 (84.8)

2.8 (1.0,7.8)

0.05

Vehicle

82 (41.0)

5 (6.1)

77 (93.9)

Reference

 

HIV status

Positive

26 (13.0)

7 (26.9)

19 (73.1)

3.4 (1.2, 9.3)

0.02

Negative

152 (76.9))

15 (9.9)

137 (90.1)

Reference

 

Unknown

22 (11.0)

1 (4.5)

21 (95.5)

0.4 (0.1, 3.5)

0.43

Alcohol use

Yes

36 (18.0)

8 (22.2)

28 (77.8)

2.8 (1.1, 7.3)

0.03

No

164 (82.0)

15 (9.2)

149 (90.8)

Reference

 

Family income

<501 birr

111 (55.5)

10 (9.0)

101 (91.0)

Reference

 

≥501 birr

89 (44.5)

13 (14.6)

76 (85.4)

1.7 (.8, 4.2)

0.22

Chewing khat

Yes

10 (5.0)

4 (40.0)

6 (60.0)

6.0 (1.6, 23.2)

0.01

No

190 (95.0)

19 (10.0)

171 (90.0)

Reference

 

Smoking

Yes

9 (4.5)

4 (44.4)

5 (55.6)

7.2 (1.8,29.3)

0.01

No

191 (95.5)

19 (9.9)

172 (90.1)

Reference

 

Knowledge of TB

Knowledgeable

73 (36.5)

8 (11.0)

65 (89.0)

Reference

 

Non-knowledgeable

167 (63.5)

15 (11.8)

112 (88.2)

1.1 (0.4, 2.7)

0.86

  1. PTB pulmonary TB, EXPTB extra pulmonary TB