Predictors of treatment failure among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis attending public health facilities in Nairobi county.

However, receiving messages about TB during the last episode of ordinary TB treatment was protective (OR=0.28, 95% CI = 0.16-0.50, P = 0.001), a finding that held true regardless of the participants’ level of formal education ( Table 2 ) Behavioral factors associated with TB treatment failure While a smaller percentage of cases 34 (42.3%) acknowledged ever consuming alcohol compared to controls 81(50%), this variance did not reach statistical significance (OR=0.7,95%, CI = 0.4-1.34; P = 0.28).

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Living within three kilometers of the TB treatment facility showed a trend towards protection against TB treatment failure, although statistical significance was not achieved in multivariate analysis.

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