Variable | Individuals with poor quality sputum collection (n = 182) N (%) | Individuals with good quality sputum collection (n = 90) N (%) | Total number of individuals (n = 272)* N (%) | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Â | Â | Â | 0.52 |
   Male | 82 (64.6) | 45 (35.4) | 127 (100) |  |
   Female | 100 (69.0) | 45 (31.0) | 145 (100) |  |
Age group in years | Â | Â | Â | 0.34 |
   15–29 | 29 (75.0) | 9 (25.0) | 36 (100) |  |
   30–59 | 96 (68.1) | 45 (31.9) | 141 (100) |  |
   ≥ 60 | 59 (62.1) | 36 (37.9) | 95 (100) |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | 0.48 |
   Married | 133 (65.8) | 69 (34.2) | 202 (100) |  |
   Unmarried | 18 (78.3) | 5 (21.7) | 23 (100) |  |
   Widowed | 31 (66.0) | 16 (34.0) | 47 (100) |  |
Monthly income in rupiah | Â | Â | Â | 0.40 |
   < 300,000 | 40 (62.5) | 24 (37.5) | 64 (100) |  |
   300,000–899,999 | 124 (69.7) | 54 (30.3) | 178 (100) |  |
   ≥ 900,000 | 18 (60.0) | 12 (40.0) | 30 (100) |  |
Knowledge of TB# | Â | Â | Â | 0.13 |
   Poor | 118 (70.7) | 49 (29.3) | 167 (100) |  |
   Good | 64 (61.0) | 41 (39.0) | 105 (100) |  |
Motivation to provide sputum$ | Â | Â | Â | 0.60 |
   Good | 165 (67.6) | 79 (32.4) | 244 (100) |  |
   Poor | 17 (60.7) | 11 (39.3) | 28 (100) |  |
Perceived seriousness of TB | Â | Â | Â | 0.11 |
   Serious | 97 (62.6) | 58 (37.4) | 155 (100) |  |
   Not serious | 85 (72.6) | 32 (27.4) | 117 (100) |  |
Perceived walking distance from home to nearest health center | Â | Â | Â | 0.52 |
   Close | 59 (70.2) | 25 (29.8) | 84 (100) |  |
   Far | 123 (65.4) | 65 (34.6) | 188 (100) |  |
Perception of transportation costs to health center | Â | Â | Â | 0.50** |
   Too expensive | 6 (54.5) | 5 (45.5) | 11 (100) |  |
   Reasonable | 40 (63.5) | 23 (36.5) | 63 (100) |  |
   Cheap | 134 (68.7) | 61 (31.3) | 195 (100) |  |
   Don't know | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (100) |  |
Perception of sputum submission | Â | Â | Â | 0.66** |
   Easy | 93 (65.5) | 49 (34.5) | 142 (100) |  |
   Difficult | 83 (68.0) | 39 (32.0) | 122 (100) |  |
   Don't know | 6 (75.0) | 2 (25.0) | 8 (100) |  |