Table 5.
Logistic regression model to find out the impact of CHW intervention on hypertension cases being on treatment
| Outcome variable: Whether the hypertension case was receiving treatment for it (Yes/No) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent variables: Intervention, Age, Sex, Caste, Education, Family size, Distance from nearest health facility | ||||||
| Model: Logistic regression | N = 1464 | |||||
| Variable | Adjusted Odds Ratio | Std. Err. | z | P > z | 95% Confidence Interval | |
| Intervention | Ref (Comparison group) | |||||
| Intervention group | 1.77 | 0.13 | 7.80 | < 0.01 | 1.53 | 2.04 |
| Age | 1.08 | 0.00 | 27.25 | < 0.01 | 1.07 | 1.08 |
| Sex | Ref (Male) | |||||
| Female | 2.15 | 0.15 | 10.66 | < 0.01 | 1.87 | 2.48 |
| Caste | Ref (Scheduled Tribes) | |||||
| Scheduled Castes | 0.97 | 0.12 | -0.23 | 0.82 | 0.77 | 1.23 |
| Other Backward Classes | 1.02 | 0.11 | 0.21 | 0.84 | 0.82 | 1.27 |
| Others | 1.31 | 0.17 | 2.11 | 0.03 | 1.02 | 1.68 |
| Education | Ref (Not Literate) | |||||
| Primary | 1.07 | 0.09 | 0.79 | 0.43 | 0.90 | 1.27 |
| Secondary | 1.21 | 0.12 | 1.94 | 0.05 | 1.00 | 1.46 |
| Above secondary | 1.22 | 0.15 | 1.64 | 0.10 | 0.96 | 1.56 |
| Family size | 1.02 | 0.01 | 1.58 | 0.11 | 1.00 | 1.04 |
| Distance from nearest facility | 0.95 | 0.04 | -1.44 | 0.15 | 0.88 | 1.02 |