Table 6.
Logistic regression model to find out the impact of CHW intervention on regular blood pressure measurement for follow-up
| Outcome variable: BP measured in preceding 30 days (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 | 2.10 | 0.16 | 9.64 | < 0.01 | 1.81 | 2.45 |
| Age | 1.08 | 0.00 | 26.16 | < 0.01 | 1.07 | 1.08 |
| Sex | Ref (Male) | |||||
| Female | 2.13 | 0.16 | 10.15 | < 0.01 | 1.84 | 2.47 |
| Caste | Ref (Scheduled Tribes) | |||||
| Scheduled Castes | 0.96 | 0.12 | -0.31 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 1.23 |
| Other Backward Classes | 0.92 | 0.10 | -0.76 | 0.45 | 0.74 | 1.14 |
| Others | 1.22 | 0.16 | 1.50 | 0.13 | 0.94 | 1.57 |
| Education | Ref (Not Literate) | |||||
| Primary | 1.13 | 0.10 | 1.36 | 0.17 | 0.95 | 1.34 |
| Secondary | 1.22 | 0.12 | 1.96 | 0.05 | 1.00 | 1.49 |
| Above secondary | 1.19 | 0.15 | 1.33 | 0.18 | 0.92 | 1.53 |
| Family size | 1.02 | 0.01 | 1.85 | 0.06 | 1.00 | 1.04 |
| Distance from nearest facility | 0.97 | 0.04 | -0.90 | 0.37 | 0.90 | 1.04 |