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Table 5 Factors predicting poor treatment outcome of CSOM

From: Predictors of disease complications and treatment outcome among patients with chronic suppurative otitis media attending a tertiary hospital, Mwanza Tanzania

Variable

Univariate

Multivariate

 

Otorrhoea: n (%)

OR (95 % CI)

P value

OR (95 % CI)

P value

Age

34.42 ± 18.04

1.004 (0.98–1.019)

0.877

1.001 (0.97–1.02)

0.956

Sex

     

 Female (165)

21 (12.7)

1

   

 Male (136)

25 (18.4)

1.5 (0.82–2.9)

0.177

1.47 (0.66–3.2)

0.399

Occupation

     

 No (199)

31 (15.6)

1

   

 Yes (102)

15 (14.7)

0.93 (0.47–1.8)

0.842

0.8 (0.37–1.7)

0.568

Ill duration

18 IQR (9–24)

1.0087 (0.98–1.04)

0.507

0.99 (0.96–1.027)

0.797

Isolates

     

 NBG (175)

67 (38.29)

1

   

 GPB (35)

21 (60)

2.41 (1.15–5.07)

0.02

  

 GNB (91)

45 (49.45)

1.57 (0.94–2.63)

0.081

  

MDR

     

 No (229)

27 (11.8)

1

   

 Yes (72)

19 (26.4)

2.68 (1.38–5.1)

0.003

3.6 (1.7–7.59)

0.001

HIV

     

 No (288)

38 (13.2)

1

   

 Yes (13)

8 (61.5)

10.5 (3.2–33.8)

0.000

11.8 (3.24–43.1)

0.000

Smoking

     

 No (260)

37 (14.2)

1

   

 Yes (41)

9 (21.9)

1.7 (0.74–3.8)

0.206

1.08 (0.37–3.14)

0.883

Smell

     

 No (267)

38 (14.2)

1

   

 Yes (34)

6 (23.5)

1.85 (0.78–4.39)

0.27

2 (0.74–5.69)

0.164

Otalgia

     

 No (167)

18 (10.8)

1

   

 Yes (134)

28 (20.9)

2.18 (1.49–3.8)

0.017

3.3 (1.56–7.02)

0.002

Itching

     

 No (227)

30 (13.2)

1

   

 Yes (74)

16 (21.6)

1.8 (0.92–3.55)

0.084

1.82 (0.81–4.10)

0.144

Ear

     

 Left (122)

18 (14.7)

1

   

 Both (18)

1 (5.56)

0.3 (0.04–2.7)

0.309

  

 Right (161)

27 (16.77)

1.1 (0.60–2.2)

0.646

1.08 (0.74–1.58)

0.658

  1. NBG is no bacterial growth, GNB is gram negative bacteria, GPB is gram positive bacteria and MDR is multi drug resistance bacteria. Isolates were not analysed on multivariate logistic regression analysis because it has collinearity with other factor like MDR