Table 4.
Regressional analysis of factors associated with life time analgesic use for headache among students of College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Ethiopia (n = 575), May, 2014
| Variable | Life time Drug use | OR with 95 % C.I. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Crude | Adjusted | ||
| Sex | Male | 271 | 136 | 1 | 1 |
| Female | 152 | 16 | 4.768 (2.737–8.303) | 6.859 (3.678–12.791) | |
| Age | 18–21 | 146 | 54 | 1.302 (0.826–2.052) | 1.125 (0.678–1.866) |
| 22–25 | 169 | 46 | 1.769 (1.112–2.815) | 2.433 (1.429–4.141) | |
| >25 | 108 | 52 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ethnicity | Amhara | 216 | 78 | 0.929 (0.614–1.407) | 1.531 (0.945–2.479) |
| Oromo | 61 | 25 | 0.813 (0.465–1.444) | 1.108 (0.574–2.142) | |
| Others | 146 | 49 | 1 | 1 | |
| Family history | Yes | 203 | 48 | 1.999 (1.351–2.958) | 2.510 (1.592–3.958) |
| No | 220 | 104 | 1 | 1 | |
| Department | Medicine | 134 | 40 | 1.272 (0.823–1.965) | 1.180 (0.719–1.936) |
| Pharmacy | 78 | 31 | 0.971 (0.598–1.576) | 1.080 (0.598–1.950) | |
| Others | 211+ | 81 | 1 | 1 | |
| Type of Headache | Migraine | 86 | 8 | 4.593 (2.169–9.727) | 3.494 (1.589–7.686) |
| Tension Type | 337 | 144 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lack of adequate vacation time | yes | 170 | 37 | 2.088 (1.374–3.173) | 2.510 (1.592–3.958) |
| No | 253 | 115 | 1 | 1 | |
N. B. This statistical analysis was performed for subjects who were diagnosed as migraineur and tension type headache sufferer
Adjusted odds ratio in bold refers factors which do have statistical association with the dependent variable