Table 3 Factors associated with poor knowledge among chronic disease patients in bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses, Aksum Hospital, Northern Ethiopia, 2020 (N = 422)
Variable | Category | Poor knowledge | OR (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 148) | No (n = 274) | COR | P-value | AOR | ||
Age | 18–34 years | 10(13.7) | 63(86.3) | 1 | 1 | |
35–49 years | 37(22.6) | 127(77.4) | 0.544(0.451, 2.097) | 0.056 | 1.922(0.937, 3.939) | |
50–92 years | 101(54.6) | 84(45.4) | 0.132(0.101,1.209)* | 0.03 | 1.5(1.411, 2.432)** | |
Sex | Male | 81(40.1) | 121(59.9) | 1 | ||
Female | 67(30.5) | 153(69.5) | 1.52(0.821,1.91) | |||
Ethnicity | Amhara | 2(33.3) | 4(66.7) | 1 | ||
Tigray | 146(35.1) | 270(64.9) | 0.924(0.821, 2.652) | |||
Residence | Urban | 66(19.9) | 266(80.1) | 1 | 1 | |
Rural | 82(92.2) | 8(8.8) | 0.024(0.017,6.051)* | 0.027 | 7.21(6.763,13.392)** | |
Educational level | Un able to write and read | 110(60.4) | 72(39.6) | 13.75(11.453, 57.893)* | 0.006 | 8.52(5.241,23.543)** |
Able to write and read | 20(15) | 113(85) | 1.59(1.001,8.213)* | 0.07 | 1.89(0.978,6.519) | |
Primary school | 12(25.5) | 35(74.5) | 3.08(0.941,9.196) | 0.71(0.673,4.921) | ||
Secondary and above | 6(10) | 54(90) | 1 | 1 | ||
Occupational status | House wife | 32(40.1) | 46(58.9) | 1 | ||
Private business | 14(15.6) | 76(84.4) | 3.77(2.064,4.751) | |||
Government employee | 15(27.8) | 39(72.2) | 1.81(0.111,3.739) | |||
Farmer | 45(47.4) | 50(52.6) | 0.77(0.482,8.235) | |||
Unemployed | 27(43.5) | 35(56.5) | 0.9(0.261,5.94) | |||
Daily laborer | 8(80) | 2(20) | 0.17(0.085,4.743) | |||
Retired | 7(21.2) | 26(78.8) | 2.6(1.302,6.629) | |||