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Table 1 Univariate analysis of association between selected factors and treatment adherence

From: Adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a qualitative and quantitative study

Variables

Total

Adherent

OR(95% CI)

Pvalue

 

n

Yes, n(%)

No, n(%)

  

Gender

     

   Men

492

434(88.21)

58(11.79)

1.00

 

   Women

178

154(86.52)

24(13.48)

1.17(0.70-1.94)

0.555

Age (years)

     

   <53

326

292(89.57)

34(10.43)

1.00

 

   ≥53

344

296(86.05)

48(13.95)

1.39(0.87-2.22)

0.165

Education

     

   Junior high school or over

325

295(90.77)

30(9.23)

1.00

 

   Elementary school

196

173(88.27)

23(11.73)

1.31(0.74-2.32)

0.361

   Illiterate

149

120(80.54)

29(19.46)

2.38(1.37-4.13)

0.002

Marital status

     

   Married

495

441(89.09)

54(10.91)

1.00

 

   Unmarried

105

93(88.57)

12(11.43)

1.05(0.54-2.05)

0.877

   Divorced/widowed

70

54(77.14)

16(22.86)

2.42(1.30-4.52)

0.006

Family monthly income per capita (Yuan)

     

   <450

328

288(87.80)

40(12.20)

1.00

 

   ≥450

342

300(87.72)

42(12.28)

1.01(0.63-1.60)

0.973

Health insurance

     

   Yes

570

507(88.95)

63(11.05)

1.00

 

   No

100

81(81.00)

19(19.00)

1.89(1.07-3.32)

0.027

Residence status

     

   Permanent residents

606

537(88.61)

69(11.39)

1.00

 

   Migrants

64

51(79.69)

13(20.31)

1.98(1.03-3.83)

0.041

Treatment history

     

   Newly treated

578

505(87.37)

73(12.63)

1.00

 

   Retreated

92

83(90.22)

9(9.78)

0.75(0.36-1.56)

0.440

Observed treatment

     

   Self-administered

113

86(76.11)

27(23.89)

1.00

 

   Observed by family members or others

117

95(81.20)

22(18.80)

0.74(0.39-1.39)

0.347

   Home-based drug delivery

120

105(87.50)

15(12.50)

0.46(0.23-0.91)

0.026

   Directly observed by village doctors

320

302(94.38)

18(5.63)

0.19(0.10-0.36)

< 0.001

Regular home-visiting by health workers

     

   No

28

18(64.29)

10(35.71)

1.00

 

   Yes

642

570(88.79)

72(11.21)

0.23(0.10-0.51)

< 0.001