Table 5.
Logistic regression showing factors associated with success in homoeopathic practice in DM.
| TOTAL | Success |
Failure |
OR (95% CI) | p-value | AOR (95% CI) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |||||||
| Prescription | Classical | 201 | 169 (84.1) | 32 (15.9) | ||||
| More than one | 120 | 111 (92.5) | 9 (7.5) | 2.34 (1.12, 5.37) | 0.032 | 2.76 (1.28, 6.53) | 0.014 | |
| Complex | 192 | 161 (83.9) | 31 (16.1) | 0.98 (0.57, 1.69) | 0.951 | 1.14 (0.64, 2.01) | 0.660 | |
| Practice duration | Less Than 10 years | 231 | 204 (88.3) | 27 (11.7) | ||||
| 11–20 years | 142 | 126 (88.7) | 16 (11.3) | 1.04 (0.55, 2.05) | 0.902 | 1.08 (0.55, 2.20) | 0.817 | |
| Above 20 years | 140 | 111 (79.3) | 29 (20.7) | 0.51 (0.28, 0.90) | 0.020 | 0.38 (0.20, 0.72) | 0.003 | |
| DM cases seen per month | Upto 25 | 349 | 295 (84.5) | 54 (15.5) | ||||
| Above 25 | 164 | 146 (89.0) | 18 (11.0) | 1.48 (0.86, 2.69) | 0.173 | 1.46 (0.80, 2.75) | 0.225 | |
| DM case remain under follow up | Upto 6 months | 193 | 161 (83.4) | 32 (16.6) | ||||
| 7–12 months | 170 | 148 (87.1) | 22 (12.9) | 1.34 (0.75, 2.43) | 0.332 | 1.32 (0.71, 2.50) | 0.377 | |
| Above 12 months | 150 | 132 (88.0) | 18 (12.0) | 1.46 (0.79, 2.76) | 0.235 | 1.51 (0.77, 3.04) | 0.239 | |
| Any treatment | No treatment | 39 | 36 (92.3) | 3 (7.7) | ||||
| Already under treatment | 474 | 405 (85.4) | 69 (14.6) | 0.49 (0.12, 1.40) | 0.245 | 0.43 (0.10, 1.27) | 0.177 | |
| Education | Upto BHMS | 217 | 187 (86.2) | 30 (13.8) | ||||
| MD and above | 296 | 254 (85.8) | 42 (14.2) | 0.97 (0.58, 1.60) | 0.907 | 1.01 (0.58, 1.75) | 0.960 | |
| Zone | North Zone | 86 | 68 (79.1) | 18 (20.9) | 0.54 (0.21, 1.30) | 0.182 | 0.55 (0.20, 1.41) | 0.227 |
| South Zone | 147 | 137 (93.2) | 10 (6.8) | 1.96 (0.71, 5.22) | 0.179 | 1.97 (0.69, 5.45) | 0.193 | |
| East Zone | 80 | 68 (85.0) | 12 (15.0) | 0.81 (0.30, 2.10) | 0.667 | 0.96 (0.34, 2.62) | 0.930 | |
| West Zone | 136 | 112 (82.4) | 24 (17.6) | 0.67 (0.27, 1.52) | 0.357 | 0.80 (0.30, 1.94) | 0.630 | |
| Central Zone | 64 | 56 (87.5) | 8 (12.5) | |||||
| Place | Rural | 79 | 63 (79.7) | 16 (20.3) | ||||
| Urban | 434 | 378 (87.1) | 56 (12.9) | 1.71 (0.90, 3.12) | 0.087 | 2.44 (1.20, 4.83) | 0.012 | |
| Employment | Govt job | 163 | 135 (82.8) | 28 (17.2) | ||||
| Private practice | 350 | 306 (87.4) | 44 (12.6) | 1.44 (0.85, 2.40) | 0.163 | 1.52 (0.83, 2.77) | 0.174 | |
N= Number; % = Percentage; OR: Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval; AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio; DM: Diabetes Mellitus; BHMS: Bachelor in Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery; MD: Doctor of Medicine.