Uptake of Trachoma Trichiasis Surgery and Associated Factors Among Trichiasis-Diagnosed Clients in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Participants in the Southern Tigray, Ethiopia, 2019

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Sex	Male	150	37.1
	Female	254	62.9
Age (Year)	15–29	19	5
	30–44	76	18.8
	45–59	122	30.2
	≥60	187	46.3
Ethnicity	Tigray	400	99
	Amhara	4	1
Religion	Orthodox	317	78.5
	Muslim	87	21.5
Marital status	Married	256	63.3
	Divorced	52	12.9
	Widowed	88	21.8
	Single	8	2
Residence (by district)	Raya Azebo	165	40.8
	Alaje	47	11.6
	Ofla	102	25.3
	Enda-Mohoni	79	19.6
	Raya Alamata	11	2.7
Educational status	Cannot read and write	368	91
	Can read and write	15	3.5
	Primary school	19	4.5
	Secondary and above	2	1
Occupational status	Farmer	368	91
	Employed	7	1.8
	Merchant	9	2.2
	Daily Laborer	9	2.2
	Others	11	2.8
Family size	<5	27	6.7
	≥5	377	93.3

Table 2 Medical and Other-Related Characteristics Among Participants in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia, 2019

Description	Category	Surgery Refusals (%)	Surgery Acceptors (%)
Duration of trichiasis	> 2 years	70 (33.7)	138 (66.3)
	≤2 years	100 (51)	96 (49)
History of epilation	Yes	128 (42.2)	175 (57.8)
	No	42 (41.6)	59 (58.4)
No one to care about the family	Yes	87 (73.7)	31 (26.3)
	No	83 (29)	203 (71)
No one to accompany	Yes	72 (69.2)	32 (30.8)
	No	98 (32.7)	202 (67.3)
Workload/Inopportune time	Yes	103 (65.6)	54 (34.4)
	No	67 (27.1)	180 (72.9)
Fear of surgery	Yes	37 (58.7)	26 (41.3)
	No	133 (39)	208 (61)
Rumor/negative perception heard about TT surgery	Yes	17 (81)	4 (19)
	No	153 (39.9)	230 (60.1)
No pain of trichiasis/fewer symptoms	Yes	17 (51.5)	16 (48.5)
	No	153 (41.2)	218 (58.8)

Figure 1 Uptake of trachoma trichiasis surgery among trichiasis-diagnosed clients in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia, 2019.

Table 3 Factors Independently Associated with Trachoma Trichiasis Surgical Uptake in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia, 2019 (N= 404)

Characteristics	Trachoma Trichiasis Surgery		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Refused (%)	Accepted (%)
Duration of trichiasis (year)
>2	70 (33.6)	138 (66.4)	0.5 (0.33, 0.7)	0.4 (0.22, 0.72)**
≤2	100 (51)	96 (49)	1	1
No one to care about the family or me
Yes	87 (73.7)	31 (26.3)	6.9 (4.24, 11.1)	14.1 (6.9, 28.6)**
No	83 (29.1)	203 (70.9)	1	1
No one to accompany
Yes	72 (69.2)	32 (30.8)	4.6 (2.87, 7.5)	8.9 (4.3, 18.3)*
No	98 (32.7)	202 (67.3)	1	1
Inopportune time due to workload
Yes	103 (65.6)	54 (34.4)	5.1 (3.33, 7.9)	8.8 (4.6, 16.9)**
No	67 (27.1)	180 (72.9)	1	1
Fear of surgery
Yes	37 (58.9)	26 (41.1)	2.2 (1.29, 3.9)	4.3 (1.8, 10.1)**
No	133 (39)	208 (61)	1	1
Negative perception heard on TT surgery
Yes	16 (76.2)	5 (23.8)	6.4 (2.1, 19.4)	11.7 (2.7, 51.2)**
No	153 (40)	230 (60)	1	1
Believe surgery as a treatment for trichiasis
Yes	149 (39.4)	229 (60.6)	0.06 (0.01, 0.27)	0.05 (0.008, 0.26)**
No	20 (76.9)	6 (23.1)	1	1
Believe using eye drop as Rx for trichiasis
Yes	27 (72.9)	10 (27.1)	4.23 (2, 9)	3.94 (1.36, 11.4)*
No	143 (39)	224 (61)	1	1
Source of information
Community leader	115 (46)	135 (54)	1	1
Health worker	20 (26.7)	55 (73.3)	0.43 (0.24, 0.75)	0.3 (0.13, 0.71)**
Family member	16 (41.1)	23 (58.9)	0.82 (0.4, 1.6)	0.56 (0.19, 1.63)
Individual with previous TT surgery	8 (36.4)	14 (63.6)	0.7 (0.27, 1.66)	0.18 (0.05, 0.63)**
No one informed me	11 (61.1)	7 (38.9)	1.85 (0.69, 4.91)	1.8 (0.41, 7.95)
Absence of nearby health facility
Yes	31 (55.4)	25 (44.6)	1.9 (1.06, 3.9)	2.4 (1.1, 5.35)*
No	139 (39.9)	209 (60.1)	1	1

Notes: *p-value <0.05; **p-value <0.01.

Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted odds ratio; COR, crude odds ratio.