Table 6 Factors associated with poor practice among chronic disease patients in bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses, Aksum Hospital, Northern Ethiopia, 2020 (N = 422)
Variable | Category | Poor Practice | OR (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 206) | No (n = 216) | COR | P-value | AOR | ||
Age | 18–34 years | 30(41.1) | 43(58.9) | 1 | 1 | |
35–49 years | 60(36.6) | 104(63.4) | 1.209(1.021, 3.041)* | 0.061 | 1.03(0.781, 5.652) | |
50–92 years | 116(62.7) | 69(37.3) | 0.415(0.321,1.209)* | 0.058 | 1.8(0.921, 3.432) | |
Sex | Male | 90(44.6) | 112(55.4) | 1 | ||
Female | 116(52.7) | 104(47.3) | 0.72(0.421,2.31) | |||
Ethnicity | Amhara | 1(16.7) | 5(83.3) | 1 | ||
Tigray | 205(49.3) | 211(50.7) | 0.21(0.053, 3.351) | |||
Residence | Urban | 130(39.2) | 202(60.8) | 1 | 1 | |
Rural | 76(84.4) | 14(15.6) | 0.12(0.023,4.071)* | 0.041 | 3.12(2.568,11.532)** | |
Educational level | Un able to write and read | 110(60.4) | 72(39.6) | 2.1(1.361, 11.323)* | 0.02 | 1.4(1.332,9.612)** |
Able to write and read | 48(36.1) | 85(63.9) | 0.79(0.459,6.341)* | 0.09 | 0.7(0.045,4.325) | |
Primary school | 23(48.9) | 24(51.1) | 1,3(1.086,7.421)* | 0.12 | 0.76(0.576,3971) | |
Secondary and above | 25(41.7) | 35(58.3) | 1 | 1 | ||
Occupational status | House wife | 42(53.8) | 36(46.2) | 1 | ||
Private business | 31(34.4) | 59(65.6) | 2.2(2.032,5.642) | |||
Government employee | 16(29.6) | 38(70.4) | 2.7(2152,4.403) | |||
Farmer | 65(68.4) | 30(31.6) | 0.54(0.262,9.421) | |||
Unemployed | 38(61.3) | 24(38.7) | 0.74(0.432,6.592) | |||
Daily laborer | 5(50) | 5(50) | 1.2(0.943,6.347) | |||
Retired | 9(27.3) | 24(72.7) | 3.1(1.702,8.059) | |||