Table 4 Factors associated with anxiety among patients with TB at Wolaita Sodo University Hospital and Sodo Health Center, SNNPRS, Ethiopia, 2014

 Male

89

152

1

1

 Female

84

92

1.56, (1.05, 2.31)

1.72, (1.06, 2.95)**

Educational status n = 417

 No formal education

45

33

3.01, (1.61, 5.64)

0.70,(0.23,2.11)

 Primary education

54

75

1.59, (0.91, 2.79)

0.80,(0.32,1.99)

 Secondary education

45

72

1.38, (0.78, 2.45)

1.31,(0.54,3.20)

 Higher education

29

64

1

1

Job n = 417

 Government employed

28

48

1

1

 Private employed

29

56

0.89, (0.47, 1.69)

0.79, (0.33, 1.93)

 Merchant

20

31

1.11, (0.53, 2.29)

0.65, (0.23, 1.88)

 Farmer

6

9

1.14, (0.37, 3.55)

0.70, (0.14, 3.56)

 House wives

29

23

2.16, (1.05, 4.44)

1.24, (0.88, 6.23)

 Jobless

26

23

1.94, (1.03, 4.02)

2.40, (0.62, 5.12)

 Students

35

54

1.11, (0.59, 2.09)

2.34, (0.43, 3.32)

Category of treatment

 New

134

207

1

1

 Return after default

16

21

1.18, (0.59, 2.34)

1.86,(0.71,4.87)

 Relapse

23

16

2.22, (1.13, 4.36)

1.01,(0.39, 2.65)

Phase of treatment

 Intensive phase

130

140

2.25,(1.46, 3.45)

1.91,(1.081, 3.39)**

 Continuous phase

43

104

1

1

 Co-morbid chronic illness

HIV/AIDS

42

7

11.95, (5.21, 27.43)

9.61, (3.56, 25.96)*

 Other chronic illness

16

8

3.98, (1.66, 9.58)

2.62, (0.91, 7.58)

 No chronic illness

115

229

1

1

Good social support

 Yes

36

193

1

1

 No

137

51

14.40, (8.92, 23.26)

8.93, (5.01, 15.94)*

TB Stigma

 Yes

123

54

8.66, (5.54, 13.53)

3.12, (1.78, 5.42)**

No

50

190

1

1

Substance use

Yes

21

9

3.607, (1.61, 8.09)

4.88, (1.79,13.28)*

No

152

235

1

1