Table 2.

The results of simple logistic regression analysis of factors associated with avoidance/delay of routine, urgent, and any type of medical care during COVID-19 in Armenia

	Outcome 1		Outcome 2		Outcome 3
	Routine medical care		Urgent/emergency medical care		Any medical care a
Independent variables	OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Age (years)	0.99 (098; 1.00)	0.054	0.99 (0.98; 1.00)	0.07	0.99 (0.98; 0.99)	0.033
Gender
Male	1.00		1.00		1.00
Female	1.77 (1.26; 2.48)	0.001	1.79 (1.24; 2.59)	0.002	1.79 (1.35; 2.37)	< 0.001
Nationality
Others	1.00		1.00		1.00
Armenians	1.25 (0.30; 5.22)	0.76	2.05 (0.28; 15.1)	0.48	1.21 (0.37; 3.98)	0.75
Place of residence
Village	1.00		1.00		1.00
City	1.25 (0.80; 1.97)	0.33	1.01 (0.64; 1.60)	0.96	1.06 (0.74; 1.51)	0.76
Education
Incomplete secondary	1.00
Complete secondary and vocational	1.22 (0.53; 2.84)	0.64	0.95 (0.43; 2.09)	0.90	1.05 (0.56; 1.99)	0.88
University and postgraduate	1.91 (0.82; 4.44)	0.13	1.16 (0.52; 2.56)	0.72	1.45 (0.76; 2.74)	0.26
Employment
Retired	1.00
Employed	0.95 (0.64; 1.40)	0.78	1.60 (0.98; 2.60)	0.06	1.15 (0.82; 1.62)	0.41
Unemployed	1.14 (0.75; 1.73)	0.53	1.60 (0.96; 2.68)	0.07	1.29 (0.90; 1.86)	0.16
Monthly expenditure (Armenian dram - AMD)
Less than 200,000	1.00		1.00		1.00
From 201,000 to 300,000	1.35 (0.95; 1.92)	0.10	1.13 (0.79; 1.62)	0.51	1.15 (0.86; 1.54)	0.35
Over 300,000	1.98 (1.32; 2.97)	0.001	0.82 (0.48; 1.40)	0.46	1.42 (0.99; 2.04)	0.06
Perceived threat of COVID-19	1.09 (0.96; 1.23)	0.17	1.16 (1.02; 1.32)	0.025	1.11 (1.01; 1.23)	0.040
Number of chronic non-communicable diseases (ranging from 1 to 13)	1.09 (0.97; 1.22)	0.16	1.06 (0.93; 1.20)	0.43	1.12 (1.02; 1.23)	0.023
Covid-19 Vaccination status
Not vaccinated	1.00		1.00		1.0
Vaccinated	0.63 (0.38; 1.03)	0.06	0.64 (0.37; 1.10)	0.10	0.63 (0.42; 0.94)	0.024

^aDelayed/ avoided either routine, urgent or both routine and urgent medical care

Statistically significant p-values are indicated in bold