Factors influencing completion of treatment among pulmonary tuberculosis patients

Figures & data

Figure 1 Patient recruitment flow chart.

Table 1 The demographic characteristics of patients, causes of interruption, and follow-up situation

Index		Number	Composition ratio (%)
Gender	Male	197	75.2
	Female	65	24.8
Education background	Primary school or below	124	47.3
	Junior high school	45	17.2
	High school or above	93	35.5
Vocation	Farmer	183	69.8
	Worker, self-employed, and services	46	17.6
	Other	33	12.6
Marital status	Single	43	16.4
	Married	197	75.2
	Divorced or widowed	22	8.4
Sputum to find tuberculosis bacteria	Positive	167	63.7
	Negative	81	30.9
	Other	14	5.3
Cause of interruption	Poverty	31	11.8
	Side effects	61	23.3
	Traffic inconvenience	25	9.5
	Forgetting to take medicine	65	24.5
	Symptomatic improvement	51	19.5
	Other	29	11.1
Tracking personnel	Urban staff	159	60.7
	Rural staff	73	27.8
	Other	30	11.5

Table 2 Factors related to the treatment completion rate of patients

Factor		Treatment completed		Lost to follow up		χ^2-value	P-value
n	%	n	%
Gender	Male	158	80.20	39	19.80	0.32	0.571
	Female	50	76.92	15	23.08
Education background	Primary school or below	83	66.94	41	33.06	23.85	<0.001
	Junior high school	38	84.44	7	15.56
	High school or above	87	93.55	6	6.45
Marital status	Single	38	88.37	5	11.63	10.50	0.005
	Married	158	80.20	39	19.80
	Divorced or widowed	12	54.55	10	45.45
Sputum to find tuberculosis bacteria (initial treatment)	Positive	145	86.83	22	13.17	15.61	<0.001
	Negative	54	66.67	27	33.33
	Other	9	64.29	5	35.71
Vocation	Farmer	142	77.60	41	22.40	1.98	0.372
	Worker, self-employed, and services	40	86.96	6	13.04
	Other	26	78.79	7	21.21
Reason for interruption	Poor	25	80.65	6	19.35	34.41	<0.001
	Drug side effects	33	54.10	28	45.90
	Traffic inconvenience	22	88.00	3	12.00
	Busyness or forgetting to take medicine	61	93.85	4	6.15
	Symptomatic improvement	42	82.35	9	17.65
	Other	25	86.21	4	13.79
Tracking personnel	Urban staff	142	89.30	17	10.69	24.33	<0.001
	Rural staff	47	64.38	26	35.61
	Other	19	63.33	11	36.67

Table 3 Factors related to the treatment completion rate of patients by logistic regression analysis

Factor		OR (95% CI)	P-value
Education background	Primary school or below	4.70 (1.69–13.08)
	Junior high school	3.28 (0.90–11.89)
	High school or above	1.00	0.012
Sputum to find tuberculosis bacteria (initial treatment)	Positive	1.00
	Negative	3.95 (1.77–8.83)
	Other	7.08 (1.70–29.47)	<0.01
Reason for interruption	Poor	1.00
	Drug side effects	2.54 (0.78–8.17)
	Traffic inconvenience	0.74 (0.14–4.02)
	Busyness or forgetting to take medicine	0.32 (0.07–1.43)
	Symptomatic improvement	1.21 (0.33–4.48)
	Other	0.66 (0.13–3.43)	0.021
Tracking personnel	Urban staff	1.00
	Rural staff	5.14 (2.22–11.91)
	Other	4.59 (1.57–13.42)	<0.01