Total Delay in Treatment of Tuberculosis and Associated Factors among New Pulmonary TB Patients in Selected Health Facilities of Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2017/18

Table 5

Distribution of total treatment delay among sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants in selected health facilities of Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2017/18.

Variables	Total treatment delay (≥60 days)
	No (%)	Yes (%)	Total
Sex of the participants
Male	147 (62.6)	88( 37.4)	235
Female	60 (32.1)	127 (67.9 )	187
Age of the participants/year
15-25	69 (52.3 )	63 ( 47.7)	132
26-35	125 (52)	60 (48 )	125
36-45	46( 44.2)	58 (55.8 )	104
>45	27 ( 44.3)	34 ( 55.7)	61
Marital status of study participants
Married	106(45.3)	128(54.7)	234
Single	106(53.5)	128(46.5)	234
Others	10(55.6)	8 (44.4)	18
Educational status/level
Not attended formal education	38(21.6)	138(78.4)	176
Primary school	99(68.8)	45(31.2)	144
Secondary school	48 (68.6)	22(31.4)	70
Higher education	22(68.8)	10(31.2)	32
Religion of the study participants
Orthodox Christian	46(48.9)	48(51.1)	94
Protestant Christian	132(48.5)	140(51.5)	272
Muslim	29(51.8)	27(48. 2)	56
Place of residence
Urban	123(70.3)	52(29.7)	175
Rural	84(34.0)	163(66.0)	247
Ethnicity of the study participants
Gedeo	120(48.6)	127(51.4)	247
Oromo	34(41.5)	48(58.5)	82
Amhara	20(55.6)	16(44.4)	36
Sedamo	23(59.0)	16(41.0)	39
Others	10(55.6)	8(44.4)	18
Occupation of the study participants
Farmer	92 (47.2)	103(52.8)	195
Employed	28(50.0 )	28(50.0 )	56
Daily laborer	21(46.7 )	24(53.3 )	45
Student	40(51.9)	37(48.1)	77
Merchant	26(53.1)	23(46.9)	49
Mean family size of the study participants
1-4 individuals	77(52.7)	69(47.3)	146
5-7 individuals	102(50.5)	100(49.5)	202
	28(37.8)	46 (62.2 )	74
Estimated mean monthly family income /birr
≤500	70(40.7)	102(59.3)	172
501-1000	72(59 )	50( 41)	122
	28(54.9)	23(45.1)	51
Unknown/ No-regular income	37( 48.1)	40(51.9)	77
Total	207(49.1)	215(50.9)	100%