Table 2.
Interruptions in ADL (activities of daily living) of hypertension and COPD patients in rural and urban sites: prevalence (%) and odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) by demographic and socioeconomic variables
| Type of disease and demographic and socioeconomic variables |
Dhaka (urban) |
Matlab (rural) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADL interrupted | OR 1 (95% CI) | ADL interrupted | OR 1 (95% CI) | |
|
Any patient |
11.2 |
Not applicable |
8.9 |
Not applicable |
| COPD |
15.2 |
1.35 (0.69-2.66) |
9.6 |
1.94 (0.78-4.82) |
| Hypertension (reference) |
8.1 |
1.00 |
5.0 |
1.00 |
| Comorbidity |
11.3 |
1.10 (0.40-3.02) |
13.5 |
3.04* (1.07-8.65) |
| No. of patients (N) | 483 | 506 | ||
1The dependent variable was coded as 1 if ADL was interrupted, and coded 0 otherwise; and the odds ratios were adjusted for age, sex, education and asset score of the patients. *p < 0.05.