Table 3.
Factors associated with satisfactory knowledge of COPD among primary care clinic users in Goiânia, Brazil, 2013–2014
| Satisfactory knowledge of COPD
|
Total (N=674) |
Pa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||
|
| ||||
| n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Age | ||||
| <60 years | 59 (16.1) | 308 (83.9) | 367 | 0.011 |
| ≥60 years | 50 (24.9) | 151 (75.1) | 201 | |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 75 (20.7) | 287 (79.3) | 362 | 0.220 |
| Male | 34 (16.5) | 172 (83.5) | 206 | |
| Years of schooling | ||||
| ≤4 | 47 (20.2) | 186 (79.8) | 233 | 0.124 |
| 5–8 | 36 (23.1) | 120 (76.9) | 156 | |
| ≥9 | 26 (14.5) | 153 (85.5) | 179 | |
| Smoking status | ||||
| Smoker | 13 (18.3) | 58 (81.7) | 71 | 0.959 |
| Former smoker | 37 (19.8) | 150 (80.2) | 187 | |
| Nonsmoker | 59 (19.0) | 251 (81.0) | 310 | |
| Information source | ||||
| Media | ||||
| Yes | 47 (17.3) | 224 (82.7) | 271 | 0.286 |
| No | 62 (20.9) | 235 (79.1) | 297 | |
| Physician | ||||
| Yes | 32 (24.4) | 99 (75.6) | 131 | 0.083 |
| No | 77 (17.6) | 360 (82.4) | 437 | |
| Pharmacist | ||||
| Yes | 5 (33.3) | 10 (66.7) | 15 | 0.180 |
| No | 104 (18.8) | 449 (81.2) | 553 | |
| Relative | ||||
| Yes | 54 (26.1) | 153 (73.9) | 207 | 0.002 |
| No | 55 (15.2) | 306 (84.8) | 361 | |
| Friends | ||||
| Yes | 36 (22.2) | 126 (77.8) | 162 | 0.246 |
| No | 73 (18.0) | 333 (82.0) | 406 | |
Note:
a
Obtained by chi-square test.
Abbreviation: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.