Association between patient delay status toward the TB patients’ general characteristics and HIV status
| Factors | Patient delay status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-delay (n = 36) | Delay (n = 67) | |||
| n (%) | n (%) | χ2 | p-value | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 25 (69.4) | 42 (62.7) | 0.470 | 0.493 |
| Female | 11 (30.6) | 25 (37.3) | ||
| Age group (years) | ||||
| ⩽20 | 1 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) | 5.923 | 0.296a |
| 21–30 | 4 (11.1) | 7 (10.4) | ||
| 31–40 | 8 (22.2) | 11 (16.4) | ||
| 41–50 | 4 (11.1) | 16 (23.9) | ||
| 51–60 | 11 (30.6) | 13 (19.4) | ||
| >60 | 8 (22.2) | 20 (29.9) | ||
| Level of education | ||||
| No formal education | 15 (41.7) | 35 (52.2) | 5.676 | 0.199a,* |
| Primary school | 12 (33.3) | 22 (32.8) | ||
| High school | 5 (13.9) | 8 (22.2) | ||
| Diploma | 1 (2.8) | 2 (3.0) | ||
| College | 3 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Paid employment | ||||
| Has | 20 (55.6) | 36 (53.7) | 0.031 | 0.859 |
| Not has | 16 (44.4) | 31 (46.3) | ||
| Financial status | ||||
| Saving | 9 (25.0) | 15 (22.4) | 0.094 | 0.954 |
| Suffice | 23 (63.9) | 44 (65.7) | ||
| In debt | 4 (11.1) | 8 (22.2) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 10 (27.8) | 14 (20.9) | 4.144 | 0.231a |
| Single | 24 (66.7) | 39 (58.2) | ||
| Divorce | 0 (0.0) | 4 (6.0) | ||
| Widowed | 2 (5.6) | 10 (14.9) | ||
| Nationality | ||||
| Thailand | 18 (50.0) | 45 (67.2) | 3.514 | 0.182a,* |
| Ethnicity | 14 (38.9) | 19 (28.4) | ||
| Myanmar | 4 (11.1) | 3 (4.5) | ||
| HIV | ||||
| Positive | 2 (5.6) | 13 (19.4) | 3.609 | 0.057* |
| Negative | 34 (94.4) | 54 (80.6) | ||
| Factors | Patient delay status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-delay ( | Delay ( | |||
| Male | 25 (69.4) | 42 (62.7) | 0.470 | 0.493 |
| Female | 11 (30.6) | 25 (37.3) | ||
| ⩽20 | 1 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) | 5.923 | 0.296a |
| 21–30 | 4 (11.1) | 7 (10.4) | ||
| 31–40 | 8 (22.2) | 11 (16.4) | ||
| 41–50 | 4 (11.1) | 16 (23.9) | ||
| 51–60 | 11 (30.6) | 13 (19.4) | ||
| >60 | 8 (22.2) | 20 (29.9) | ||
| No formal education | 15 (41.7) | 35 (52.2) | 5.676 | 0.199a,* |
| Primary school | 12 (33.3) | 22 (32.8) | ||
| High school | 5 (13.9) | 8 (22.2) | ||
| Diploma | 1 (2.8) | 2 (3.0) | ||
| College | 3 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Has | 20 (55.6) | 36 (53.7) | 0.031 | 0.859 |
| Not has | 16 (44.4) | 31 (46.3) | ||
| Saving | 9 (25.0) | 15 (22.4) | 0.094 | 0.954 |
| Suffice | 23 (63.9) | 44 (65.7) | ||
| In debt | 4 (11.1) | 8 (22.2) | ||
| Married | 10 (27.8) | 14 (20.9) | 4.144 | 0.231a |
| Single | 24 (66.7) | 39 (58.2) | ||
| Divorce | 0 (0.0) | 4 (6.0) | ||
| Widowed | 2 (5.6) | 10 (14.9) | ||
| Thailand | 18 (50.0) | 45 (67.2) | 3.514 | 0.182a,* |
| Ethnicity | 14 (38.9) | 19 (28.4) | ||
| Myanmar | 4 (11.1) | 3 (4.5) | ||
| Positive | 2 (5.6) | 13 (19.4) | 3.609 | 0.057* |
| Negative | 34 (94.4) | 54 (80.6) | ||
Notes: aFisher’s exact test. *p-value<0.2
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