Table 6.

Logistic regression analysis of the relationship between visiting (or not) a doctor or health professional in the past 12 months and socio-demographic variables (n = 3,969).

	OR	95% CI	p-value
Travel distance to health facility
Nearest radius (< 1 km)	ref
2nd (1–3 km)	1.00	(0.81–1.24)	0.97
3rd (3–5 km)	0.91	(0.72–1.16)	0.47
4th (5–10 km)	0.83	(0.65–1.07)	0.15
Furthest (>10 km)	0.86	(0.67–1.1)	0.24
Travel distance in km median (IQR)
Sex (being male)	0.81	(0.69–0.96)	0.017
Education (literacy/education qualifications)	1.05	(0.8–1.37)	0.74
Former/current smokers	0.91	(0.74–1.1)	0.33
Age group (65 and above)	1.89	(1.31–2.72)	0.001
Marital status (currently married)	1.28	(1.08–1.51)	0.003
Self-reported health (poor rated)	1.77	(1.28–2.44)	0.001
Obesity (BMI ≥30)	1.04	(0.88–1.23)	0.62
Morbidity	1.32	(1.04–1.69)	0.03
Income status
1st group (poorest)	ref
2nd	0.94	(0.72–1.24)	0.67
3rd	0.78	(0.59–1.02)	0.07
4th	0.92	(0.7–1.21)	0.55
5th	0.83	(0.62–1.1)	0.19
6th	1.12	(0.78–1.61)	0.55
7th	1.00	(0.62–1.61)	0.99
8th group (richest)	0.32	(0.2–0.51)	< 0.001
Regions
Riyadh	1.00	(0.68–1.46)	0.98
Jouf	0.51	(0.32–0.79)	0.003
Western	0.54	(0.38–0.76)	< 0.001
Almadina	0.89	(0.56–1.39)	0.6
Qassem	0.43	(0.27–0.69)	0.001
East	0.50	(0.34–0.74)	< 0.001
Aseer	0.83	(0.55–1.26)	0.39
Tabouk	0.50	(0.33–0.75)	0.001
Haiel	0.65	(0.44–0.96)	0.03
Northern	0.45	(0.31–0.67)	< 0.001
Jazan	0.64	(0.43–0.96)	0.03
Najran	0.43	(0.29–0.64)	< 0.001
Baha	ref