Table 4 Associations of health systems’ delay with sociodemographic and clinical factors among TB patients attending Felegehiwot Referral Hospital in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Sex

 Male

124 (61,7)

84 (67.7)

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1

 Female

77 (38.3)

48 (62.3)

0.8 (0.4, 1.4)

0.8 (0.3, 1.7)

Age

 15-34

133 (66.2)

87 (65.4)

1

1

 35-54

53 (26.4)

34 (64.2)

0.9 (0.5, 1.8)

0.9 (0.4, 2.7)

 >55

14 (7.0)

10 (71.4)

1.3 (0.4, 4.5)

0.5 (0.1, 2.7)

Marriage

 Married

113 (56.2)

76 (67.3)

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1

 Single

66 (32.8)

44 (66.7)

0.9 (0.5, 1.9)

0.7 (0.2, 1.8)

 Widowed

7 (3.5)

3 (42.9)

0.4 (0.1, 1.7)

0.9 (0.1, 7.7)

 Divorced

15 (7.5)

9 (60.0)

2.1 (0.2, 2.2)

1.0 (0.2, 4.3)

Residence

 Urban

86 (42.8)

43 (50.0)

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1

 Rural

115 (57.2)

89 (77.4)

3.4 (1.9, 6.3)*

2.2 (0.8, 6.0)

Education

 Below 8^th grade

135 (67.2)

94 (69.6)

1

1

 Secondary

32 (15.9)

19 (59.4)

0.6 (0.3, 1.4)

1.8 (0.5, 6.4)

 College and above

34 (16.9)

19 (55.9)

0.6 (0.3, 1.2)

0.8 (0.2, 2.6)

Employment

 Peasants

87 (43.3)

66 (75.9)

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1

 Civil servant

20 (10.0)

10 (50.0)

0.3 (0.1, 0.9)*

1.4 (0.2, 8.0)

 Others

94 (46.8)

56 (59.6)

0.5 (0.3, 0.8)*

2.2 (0.6, 7.7)

Income

 Less than 300 birr^§

137 (68.2)

77 (64.2)

1

1

 Above 300 birr

64 (31.8)

55 (67.9)

0.7 (0.4, 1.4)

0.9 (0.4, 2.2)

 HIV serostatus

 Negative

128 (63.7)

94 (73.4)

1

1

 Positive

42 (20.9)

15 (35.7)

0.2 (0.1, 0.4)*

0.2 (0.1, 0.5)*

 Not known

31 (15.4)

23 (74.2)

1.0 (0.4, 14.4)

0.5 (0.1, 1.4)

Type of TB

 Pulmonary

120 (59.7)

93 (67.9)

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1

 Extrapulmonary

81 (40.3)

39 (60.9)

1.2 (0.7, 2.2)

0.8 (0.3, 1.7)

FHP visited

 Hospital

55 (27.4)

18 (32.7)

1

1

 Health centre

65 (32.3)

47 (72.3)

5.4 (2.5, 11.7)*

5.1 (2.1, 12.5)*

 Private

36 (17.9)

23 (63.9)

3.6 (1.5, 8.7)*

3.5 (1.3, 9.7)*

 Health post

45 (22.4)

44 (97.8)

90.4 (11.5, 710.0)*

109 (12, 958)*