Delay for First Consultation and Its Associated Factors among New Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients of Central Nepal

Table 2

Factors associated with patient delay (PD): bivariate analysis.

Factors	Number (% PD)	Crude OR	95% CI	value
Gender				0.511
Male	234 (53.85)	1
Female	140 (52.14)	0.93	0.76 to 1.15
Age (years)				0.759
15–29	149 (51.01)	1
30–44	85 (51.76)	1.03	0.75 to 1.43
≥45	140 (56.43)	1.24	0.68 to 2.28
Religion				<0.001
Hindu	292 (52.40)	1
Buddha	60 (61.67)	1.46	1.17 to 1.83
Muslim	22 (40.91)	0.63	0.38 to 1.03
Residence				<0.001
Urban	249 (46.99)	1
Rural	125 (65.60)	2.15	1.39 to 3.33
Education				<0.001
Illiterate/read & write	123 (62.60)	1
Primary	69 (57.97)	0.82	0.59 to 1.16
Secondary	107 (42.06)	0.43	0.32 to 0.59
University	75 (49.33)	0.58	0.29 to 1.16
Occupation				<0.001
Agriculture	93 (65.59)	1
Housewife	42 (47.62)	0.47	0.32 to 0.71
Service	50 (44.00)	0.41	0.15 to 1.13
Business	58 (48.28)	0.49	0.15 to 1.56
Unemployed	100 (52.00)	0.56	0.41 to 0.79
Labour	31 (51.61)	0.56	0.29 to 1.08
Income (monthly in NRs)				0.009
<5000	35 (68.57)	1
5000–7500	24 (58.33)	0.64	0.29 to 1.43
≥7500	257 (50.58)	0.47	0.27 to 0.79
Number of cigarettes per day				0.063
<5	37 (70.27)	1
≥5	115 (53.91)	0.49	0.24 to 1.04
Symptoms present before diagnosis				<0.001
Cough	260 (51.92)	1
Fever	56 (57.14)	1.23	0.67 to 2.27
Loss of weight	17 (52.94)	1.04	0.26 to 4.12
Hemoptysis	20 (50.00)	0.92	0.61 to 1.41
Chest pain	21 (61.90)	1.50	1.04 to 2.17
Family support				0.001
None	126 (55.56)	1
Husband/wife	76 (53.95)	0.94	0.48 to 1.82
Parents	101 (42.57)	0.53	0.29 to 1.17
Child	71 (63.38)	1.38	0.56 to 3.41
Distance to reach the TB center				<0.001
<5 km	291 (48.45)	1
≥5 km	80 (71.25)	2.64	1.58 to 4.39
Centre of first contact				<0.001
Traditional healer/self-treated	18 (72.22)	1
Private practitioner/pharmacist/vendor	159 (49.69)	0.38	0.10 to 1.39
Government health facilities	197 (54.31)	0.46	0.13 to 1.64
Categories of HCP for TB diagnosis				0.002
Paramedics	87 (40.23)	1
Medical officer	209 (53.59)	1.72	1.24 to 2.37
Chest specialist	78 (66.67)	2.98	1.44 to 6.13