. 2023 Jul 28;6(8):e1465. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.1465

Table 4.

Logistic regression analysis for finding several sociodemographic and irrational use of antibiotics related potential factors associated with ABR among antibiotic users of the study participants (N = 681).

Variables	Categories	AOR	p‐value	95% CI
Variables	Categories	AOR	p‐value	Lower	Upper
Gender	Male versus female^R	0.660	0.036	0.448	0.973
Group/study background	Science versus commerce^R	1.226	0.558	0.620	2.423
Group/study background	Arts versus commerce^R	0.856	0.678	0.411	1.783
Age	18–25 versus above 25^R	1.023	0.950	0.508	2.060
Level of education	1st/2nd year versus MS and higher^R	2.149	0.037	1.047	4.412
Level of education	3rd/4th/5th year versus MS and higher^R	0.673	0.276	0.331	1.371
Occupation	Student versus teacher^R	1.249	0.453	0.698	2.236
Prescription practice	From doctor versus otherways^R	1.973	0.008	1.191	3.267
Reason for administration of antibiotics	Fever, common cold, and cough versus others^R	3.286	0.001	1.647	6.556
	Dysentery/diarrhea/food poisoning versus others^R	4.209	0.001	1.859	9.530
	Infection versus others^R	2.095	0.044	1.020	4.301
	Abdominal/other pain versus others^R	5.580	<0.001	2.247	13.856
Duration of antibiotics therapy (days)	1–3 versus above 10^R	0.975	0.948	0.462	2.058
	4–6 versus above 10^R	2.016	0.045	1.016	4.003
	7–10 versus above 10^R	1.656	0.193	0.775	3.538
Dose completion	Yes versus No^R	0.426	0.001	0.259	0.703
Having enough knowledge/cautiousness	Yes versus No^R	0.712	0.113	0.468	1.084
Constant		0.164	0.004

Note: Bold values are statistically significant. Superscript R means reference group.