Table 2 Risk factors associated with health seeking behaviour of asthma patients
Variable | Total | Health seeking behaviour | cOR (95% CI) | P-value | aOR (95%CI) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good (%) | Poor (%) | ||||||
Time taken to reach place of treatment | |||||||
Less than 30 min | 112 (28) | 80 (71.4) | 32 (28.6) | 1r | |||
30 min-1 h | 195 (48.8) | 149 (76.4) | 46 (23.6) | 0.77 (0.46–1.31) | 0.34 | ||
More than 1 h | 93 (23.2) | 61 (65.6) | 32 (34.4) | 1.31 (0.73–2.37) | 0.37 | – | – |
Distance | |||||||
Less than 5 km | 114 (28.5) | 84 (73.7) | 30 (26.3) | 1r | |||
5-10 km | 140 (35) | 112 (80) | 28 (20) | 0.7 (0.39–1.26) | 0.23 | ||
11-15 km | 68 (17) | 44 (64.7) | 24 (35.3) | 1.53 (0.80–2.92) | 0.20 | – | – |
More than 15 km | 78 (19.5) | 50 (64.1) | 28 (35.9) | 1.57 (0.84–2.92) | 0.16 | ||
Financial capacity to pay for medication | |||||||
No | 217 (54.3) | 152 (70.1) | 65 (29.9) | 1r | 1r | ||
Yes | 183 (45.7) | 138 (75.4) | 45 (24.6) | 0.76 (0.49–1.19) | 0.23 | 0.50 (0.31–0.83) | 0.008* |
Good relation with health care provider | |||||||
No | 14 (3.5) | 10 (71.4) | 4 (28.6) | 1r | |||
Yes | 386 (96.5) | 280 (72.5) | 106 (27.5) | 0.95 (0.29–3.08) | 0.93 | – | – |
Health care providers supportive of asthma treatment | |||||||
No | 196 (49) | 152 (77.6) | 44 (22.4) | 1r | |||
Yes | 204 (51) | 138 (67.7) | 66 (32.3) | 1.65 (1.05–2.58) | 0.03* | – | – |
Good quality of asthma treatment | |||||||
Yes | 229 (57.3) | 156 (68.1) | 73 (31.9) | 1r | 1r | ||
No | 171 (42.7) | 134 (78.4) | 37 (21.6) | 0.59 (0.37–0.93) | 0.02* | 0.59 (0.37–0.95) | 0.03* |
Seek permission for asthma treatment | |||||||
Yes | 103 (25.7) | 78 (75.7) | 25 (24.3) | 1r | |||
No | 297 (74.3) | 212 (71.4) | 85 (28.6) | 1.25 (0.75–2.10) | 0.40 | – | – |
Voluntarily seek own asthma treatment | |||||||
Yes | 222 (55.5) | 175 (78.8) | 47 (21.2) | 1r | 1r | ||
No | 178 (44.5) | 115 (64.6) | 63 (35.4) | 2.04 (1.31–3.18) | 0.002* | 1.68 (1.05–2.70) | 0.03 |
Knowledge of asthma symptoms | |||||||
Knowledgeable | 216 (54) | 148 (68.5) | 68 (31.5) | 1r | |||
Partial knowledge | 180 (45) | 139 (77.2) | 41 (22.8) | 0.64 (041–1.01) | 0.05 | – | – |
Not knowledgeable | 4 (1) | 3 (75) | 1 (25) | 0.73 (0.07–7.10) | 0.78 | – | – |
Knowledge of asthma complications | |||||||
Yes | 230 (57.5) | 153 (66.5) | 77 (33.5) | 1r | |||
No | 170 (42.5) | 137 (80.6) | 33 (19.4) | 0.48 (0.30–0.76) | 0.002* | – | – |