Table 3 TB suspect factors associated with good quality sputum collection, i.e. three samples submitted with volume ≥ 3 ml, color yellow-green, and correct viscosity.
Variable | Individuals with poor quality sputum collection (n = 235)N (%) | Individuals with good quality sputum collection (n = 37) N (%) | Total number of individuals (n = 272)* N (%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Â | Â | Â | 0.60 |
   Male | 108 (85.0) | 19 (15.0) | 127 (100) |  |
   Female | 127 (87.6) | 18 (12.4) | 145 (100) |  |
Age group in years | Â | Â | Â | 0.72 |
   15–29 | 32 (88.9) | 4 (11.1) | 36 (100) |  |
   30–59 | 123 (87.2) | 18 (12.8) | 141 (100) |  |
   ≥ 60 | 80 (84.2) | 15 (15.8) | 95 (100) |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | 0.60 |
   Married | 177 (87.6) | 25 (12.4) | 202 (100) |  |
   Unmarried | 19 (82.6) | 4 (17.4) | 23 (100) |  |
   Widowed | 39 (83.0) | 8 (17.0) | 47 (100) |  |
Monthly income in rupiah | Â | Â | Â | 0.14 |
   < 300,000 | 51 (79.7) | 13 (20.3) | 64 (100) |  |
   300,000–899,999 | 159 (89.3) | 19 (10.7) | 178 (100) |  |
   ≥ 900,000 | 25 (83.3) | 5 (16.7) | 30 (100) |  |
Knowledge of TB# | Â | Â | Â | 0.35 |
   Poor | 149 (89.2) | 18 (10.8) | 167 (100) |  |
   Good | 86 (81.9) | 19 (18.1) | 105 (100) |  |
Motivation to provide sputum$ | Â | Â | Â | 0.56 |
   Good | 213 (87.3) | 31 (12.7) | 244 (100) |  |
   Poor | 22 (78.6) | 6 (21.4) | 28 (100) |  |
Perceived seriousness of TB | Â | Â | Â | 0.21 |
   Serious | 130 (83.9) | 25 (16.1) | 155 (100) |  |
   Not serious | 105 (89.7) | 12 (10.3) | 117 (100) |  |
Perceived walking distance from home to nearest health center | Â | Â | Â | 0.13 |
   Close | 77 (91.7) | 7 (8.3) | 84 (100) |  |
   Far | 158 (84.0) | 30 (16.0) | 188 (100) |  |
Perception of transportation costs to health center | Â | Â | Â | 0.36** |
   Too expensive | 8 (72.7) | 3 (27.3) | 11 (100) |  |
   Reasonable | 54 (85.7) | 9 (14.3) | 63 (100) |  |
   Cheap | 171 (87.7) | 24 (12.3) | 195 (100) |  |
   Don't know | 2 (66.7) | 1 (3.3) | 3 (100) |  |
Perception of sputum submission | Â | Â | Â | 0.15** |
   Easy | 127 (89.4) | 15 (10.6) | 142 (100) |  |
   Difficult | 101 (82.8) | 21 (17.2) | 122 (100) |  |
   Don't know | 7 (87.5) | 1 (12.5) | 8 (100) |  |