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. 2023 Apr 1;15(4):e37011. doi: 10.7759/cureus.37011

Table 2. Factors influencing awareness of the Ministry of Health e-health applications 937 Services and Wasfati.

* indicates a significance based on a significance level of <0.050

N=1333 937 Services Wasfati
Yes (%) Odds ratio (95% CI) p-value Yes (%) Odds ratio (95% CI) p-value
Gender Female 702 (75.4) Reference 344 (36.9) Reference
Male 323 (80.3) 1.334 (1.000-1.778) 0.050 204 (50.7) 1.758 (1.388-2.227) <0.001*
Age 18-24 422 (71.6) Reference 175 (29.7) Reference
25-35 296 (76.9) 1.316 (0.978-1.771) 0.070 168 (43.6) 1.832 (1.401-2.394) <0.001*
36-45 164 (85.4) 2.318 (1.494-3.595) <0.001* 100 (52.1) 2.571 (1.842-3.590) <0.001*
>45 143 (85.6) 2.358 (1.477-3.765) <0.001* 105 (62.9) 4.006 (2.795-5.744) <0.001*
Nationality Non-Saudi 165 (71.4) Reference 72 (31.2) Reference
Saudi 860 (78.0) 1.421 (1.033-1.956) 0.031* 476 (43.2) 1.679 (1.240-2.273) <0.001*
Marital status Single 597 (73.4) Reference   289 (35.5) Reference
Married 428 (82.3) 1.683 (1.280-2.213) <0.001* 259 (49.8) 1.799 (1.438-2.251) <0.001*
Children No 632 (73.1) Reference 307 (35.5) Reference
Yes 393 (83.8) 1.898 (1.423-2.532) <0.001* 241 (51.4) 1.918 (1.526-2.410) <0.001*
Education level Primary/intermediate school 43 (95.6) Reference 19 (42.2) Reference
High school 259 (74.9) 0.138 (0.033-0.583) 0.070 122 (35.3) 0.745 (0.396-1.401) 0.361
University and above 714 (76.7) 0.153 (0.037-0.637) 0.010* 399 (42.9) 1.026 (0.560-1.881) 0.933
Illiterate 9 (81.8) 0.209 (0.026-1.688) 0.142 8 (72.7) 3.649 (0.854-15.600) 0.081
Employment Student 345 (70.6) Reference 156 (31.9) Reference
Public sector employee 216 (87.4) 2.908 (1.904-4.443) <0.001* 135 (54.7) 2.573 (1.879-3.524) <0.001*
Privet sector employee 174 (74.4) 1.210 (0.851-1.721) 0.288 105 (44.9) 1.737 (1.261-2.393) 0.001*
Retired 52 (86.7) 2.713 (1.257-5.856) 0.011* 41 (68.3) 4.606 (2.589-8.196) <0.001*
Housewife 97 (77.0) 1.396 (0.883-2.207) 0.153 50 (39.7) 1.404 (0.937-2.104) 0.100
Unemployed 120 (82.8) 2.003 (1.249-3.214) 0.004* 48 (33.1) 1.056 (0.712-1.568) 0.786
Self-employed 21 (65.6) 0.797 (0.375-1.695) 0.555 13 (40.6) 1.461 (0.703-3.033 0.310