Table 5 Poisson regression analysis of crude rate ratio for treatment adherence according to sociodemographic characteristics on (n = 113)

Arm

Intervention (57)

59.44 (1.29)

1.00 (0.95–1.05)

0.985

Control (56)

59.41 (1.97)

1

 Gender

Female (40)

59.48 (1.19)

1.00 (0.95–1.05)

0.959

Male (73)

59.39 (1.87)

1

 Age

-

1.00 (0.99–1.00)

0.773

 Marital status

Married (51)

59.65 (1.02)

1.01 (0.96–1.06)

0.781

Unmarried (62)

59.24 (2.02)

1

 Occupation

No job (36)

58.81 (2.49)

0.99 (0.94–1.04)

0.559

Have job (77)

59.71 (0.96)

1

 Education

Below prep (82)

59.29 (1.88)

0.99 (0.94–1.05)

0.992

Prep and above (31)

59.77 (0.76)

1

 # of people

≤ 3 (66)

59.52 (1.35)

1.00 (0.96–1.05)

0.883

≥ 4 (47)

59.29 (2.02)

1

 # of bedrooms

1 (71)

59.45 (1.38)

1.00 (0.95–1.05)

0.963

≥ 2 (42)

59.38 (2.06)

1

 Household head

No (50)

59.36 (1.51)

0.99 (0.95–1.05)

0.937

Yes (63)

59.48 (1.78)

1

 Residency

Permanent (91)

59.43 (1.72)

1.00 (0.94–1.06)

0.992

Temporary (22)

59.41 (1.40)

1

 Smoking per day

Never (94)

59.48 (1.62)

1.00 (0.94–1.07)

0.920

Yes (19)

59.26 (1.88)

1

 Khat

Never (91)

59.37 (1.77)

0.99 (0.94–1.06)

0.886

Yes (22)

59.63 (1.05)

1

 Alcohol

Never (72)

59.51 (1.19)

1.00 (0.96–1.06)

0.871

Yes (41)

59.27 (2.27)

1

 HIV

Negative (96)

59.59 (1.19)

1.02 (0.95–1.09)

0.580

Positive (17)

58.47 (3.10)

1

 TB treatment

New (102)

59.40 (1.72)

0.99 (0.92–1.08)

0.924

Relapse (11)

59.63 (0.92)

1

 At least one -ve urine isoniazid

No (100)

59.61 (1.06)

1.03 (0.95–1.11)

0.479

Yes (13)

58.00 (3.72)

1