Table 2 Associations between poor sputum completion rates among new sputum-smear positive PTB patients and health facility characteristics at 88 health facilities, Rwanda, 2006
Number (%) | Number (%) with smear completion rate <90% | Bivariable Odds Ratioa | 95%CI | Pb | Multi-variable Odds Ratioa | 95%CI | Pb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 88 (100%) | 43 (48.9%) | ||||||
Category of health facility | 0.025 | |||||||
Health centre | 69 (78.4%) | 30 (43.5%) | 1 | |||||
Hospital | 19 (21.6%) | 13 (68.4%) | 2.0 | 1.1-3.7 | ||||
Location of health facility | 0.008 | |||||||
Rural | 60 (68.2%) | 25 (41.7%) | 1 | |||||
Urban | 28 (31.8%) | 18 (64.3%) | 2.1 | 1.2-3.8 | ||||
Health facility status | 0.311 | |||||||
Mission/private | 40 (45.5%) | 19 (47.5%) | 1 | |||||
Public | 48 (54.5%) | 24 (50.0%) | 1.3 | 0.8-2.3 | ||||
Most recent on-the-job training for TB staff | ||||||||
Before 2006 or none at all | 47 (53.4%) | 22 (46.8%) | 1 | 0.643 | ||||
2006 | 41 (46.6%) | 21 (51.2%) | 1.1 | 0.7-2.0 | ||||
Location of facilities (Province) | 0.045 | |||||||
East | 13 (14.8%) | 8 (61.5%) | 1 | |||||
Kigali | 17 (19.3%) | 11 (64.7%) | 1.4 | 0.6-3.6 | ||||
North | 18 (20.5%) | 4 (22.2%) | 0.4 | 0.1-1.0 | ||||
West | 22 (25.0%) | 11 (50.0%) | 0.9 | 0.3-2.2 | ||||
South | 18 (20.5%) | 9 (50.0%) | 1.0 | 0.4-2.5 | ||||
Number of new PTB cases in 6-month period | 0.001 | 0.001 | ||||||
1-5 | 32 (36.4%) | 9 (28.1%) | 1 | 1 | ||||
6-14 | 27 (30.7%) | 14 (51.9%) | 2.0 | 0.9-4.4 | 2.0 | 0.9-4.4 | ||
≥15 | 29 (33.0%) | 20 (69.0%) | 4.1 | 1.9-8.8 | 4.1 | 1.9-8.8 |