Implementation of isoniazid preventive therapy in southern Lima, Peru: an analysis of health center characteristics

Table 3 Bivariate associations between isoniazid preventive therapy implementation indicators and characteristics of contacts and health centers in southern Lima, 2016–2018

Indicator	Description	Total number	Delayed < 7 days in beginning IPT^a		Completed IPT		Completed 3 clinical appointments for IPT
Indicator	Description	Total number	n (%)	P-value	n (%)	P-value	n (%^b)	P-value
Age of contact	< 5 years	616	179 (29)	0.110	343 (56)	0.025	157 (46)	0.041
Age of contact	5–19 years	361	87 (24)	0.110	230 (64)	0.025	81 (35)	0.041
Sex of contact	Male	551	132 (24)	0.005	320 (58)	0.579	138 (43)	0.378
Sex of contact	Female	426	134 (31)	0.005	253 (59)	0.579	100 (40)	0.378
Physician staffing	1 full time	581	147 (25)	0.353	346 (60)	0.795	148 (46)	0.331
Physician staffing	1 part time	396	118 (30)	0.353	227 (57)	0.795	80 (35)	0.331
Nurse staffing	≥ 2 full-time	467	134 (29)	0.607	303 (64)	0.148	144 (48)	0.245
Nurse staffing	1 at full-time or part-time	510	510 (26)	0.607	270 (53)	0.148	93 (35)	0.245
Number of TB cases per year	≥ 50	399	103 (26)	Ref	243 (61)	Ref	102 (42)	Ref
	25–49	374	113 (30)	0.376	215 (57)	0.722	80 (37)	0.712
	11–24	204	50 (25)	0.663	115 (56)	0.687	46 (49)	0.640
Health center type	I-2	401	98 (24)	Ref	245 (61)	Ref	108 (44)	Ref
	I-3	207	64 (31)	0.435	107 (52)	0.452	34 (32)	0.338
	I-4	369	104 (28)	0.492	221 (59)	0.900	96 (43)	0.962

IPT isoniazid preventive therapy, TB tuberculosis
^aExcludes 41 contacts with insufficient data to determine days of delay to initiate IPT
^bOf those who completed IPT

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