Table 5 Various factors associated with treatment success, loss-to-follow up and mortality among new cases of TB in children under 15 years in the Sidama Zone, 2003–2012
From: Low case notification rates of childhood tuberculosis in southern Ethiopia
Characteristics of cases | Treatment success | Lost-to-follow up | Mortality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | Adjusted OR (95 % CI) | P-value | % | Adjusted OR (95 % CI) | P-value | % | Adjusted OR (95 % CI) | P-value | |
Gender | |||||||||
Girls | 82.6 | 1.00 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 3.1 | 1.00 | |||
Boys | 79.9 | 0.84 (0.72–0.98) | 0.028 | 11.0 | 1.26 (0.95–1.42) | 0.136 | 2.9 | 0.90 (.64–1.28) | 0.577 |
Age | |||||||||
0–4 years | 70.4 | 0.64 (0.52–0.80) | <0.001 | 17.8 | 1.68 (1.29–2.20) | <0.001 | 6.1 | 2.00 (1.27–3.12) | 0.003 |
5–9 years | 79.2 | 1.00 | 11.1 | 1.00 | 2.9 | 1.00 | |||
10–14 years | 85.7 | 1.60 (1.30–1.86) | <0.001 | 7.4 | 0.694 (0.55–0.86) | 0.002 | 2.1 | 0.72 (0.47–1.10) | <0.129 |
<2 years | 65.5 | 0.49 (0.35–0.69) | <0.001 | 18.1 | 1.58 (1.04–2.41) | 0.032 | 10.5 | 3.34 (1.92–5.82) | <0.001 |
≥2 years | 81.9 | 1.00 | 9.9 | 2.7 | 1.00 | ||||
Residence | |||||||||
Urban | 82.3 | 1.00 | 9.7 | 1.00 | 2.9 | 1.00 | |||
Rural | 81.1 | 0.83 (0.65–1.06) | 0.131 | 10.3 | 1.20 (0.88–1.62) | 0.265 | 3.0 | 1.08 (.65–1.92) | 0.680 |
TB classification | |||||||||
Smear positive PTB | 82.4 | 1.00 | 8.3 | 1.00 | 2.8 | 1.00 | |||
Smear Negative PTB | 79.2 | 1.07 (0.88–1.31) | 0.476 | 11.5 | 1.06 (0.82–1.40) | 0.647 | 4.4 | 1.15 (0.76–1.75) | 0.499 |
Extra pulmonary TB | 81.8 | 1.18 (0.97–1.42) | 0.098 | 11.6 | 1.18 (0.93–1.51) | 0.181 | 2.0 | 0.58 (0.36–0.95) | 0.029 |
Year of treatment | |||||||||
2003 | 71.7 | 1.00 | 20.1 | 1.00 | 7.4 | 1.00 | |||
2004 | 73.0 | 1.05 (0.76–1.46) | 0.756 | 14.6 | 0.68 (0.46–1.01) | 0.057 | 4.3 | 0.60 (0.32–1.14) | 0.121 |
2005 | 78.9 | 1.44 (1.02–2.04) | 0.038 | 7.80 | 0.34 (0.21–0.54) | <0.001 | 2.2 | 0.31 (0.14–0.69) | 0.004 |
2006 | 74.6 | 1.14 (0.81–1.71) | 0.443 | 13.3 | 0.60 (0.40–0.91) | 0.016 | 3.2 | 0.46 (0.22–0.94) | 0.033 |
2007 | 81.4 | 1.68 (1.12–2.34) | 0.002 | 11.7 | 0.53 (0.36–0.76) | 0.001 | 3.5 | 0.50 (0.27–0.93) | 0.030 |
2008 | 83.2 | 1.90 (1.36–2.64) | <0.001 | 11.9 | 0.55 (0.38–0.81) | 0.002 | 1.8 | 0.26 (0.12–0.57) | 0.001 |
2009 | 75.2 | 1.11 (0.81–1.54) | 0.517 | 14.5 | 0.73 (0.50–1.07) | 0.105 | 2.4 | 0.34 (0.16–0.71) | 0.004 |
2010 | 72.9 | 0.98 (0.71–1.37) | 0.894 | 16.0 | 0.84 (0.57–1.22) | 0.354 | 2.7 | 0.37 (0.18–0.78) | 0.009 |
2011 | 91.1 | 3.64 (2.55–5.21) | <0.001 | 3.2 | 0.15 (0.09–0.25) | <0.001 | 2.5 | 0.38 (0.20–0.72) | 0.003 |
2012 | 93.1 | 5.16 (3.54–7.52) | <0.001 | 0.9 | 0.037(0.02–0.09) | <0.001 | 1.8 | 0.24 (0.12–0.50) | <0.001 |