Table 4.

Bivariate and multivariate analyses of factors associated with willingness to receive mobile phone-based health services among University of Gondar Referral Hospital patients with diabetes, Gondar, Ethiopia, 2016

Variable	Willingness		Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
	Yes	No
Educational status
No education	98	63	1	1
Educated	134	34	2.534 (1.549 to 4.143)	2.59 (1.2 to 5.58)*
Whom do you live with
Live alone	25	16	1	1
With spouse	80	41	1.249 (0.601 to 2.596)	0.52 (0.14 to 1.92)
With parents	127	40	2.032 (0.988 to 4.179)	1.95 (0.65 to 5.9)
Route of medication
Injection	126	57	1	1
Pill	106	40	1.884 (1.169 to 3.037)	3.2 (1.44 to 7.1)*
Presence of radio
No	87	59	1	1
Yes	145	38	2.588 (1.591 to 4.21)	2.02 (0.94 to 4.35)
Transportation mechanism
On foot	17	13	1	1
By car	215	84	0.527 (0.247 to 1.124)	4.07 (1.2 to 13.57)*
Time to reach the service
>1 hour	74	37	1	1
<1 hour	158	60	0.67 (0.41 to 1.11)	0.32 (0.12 to 0.82)*
Satisfied with the healthcare provider
Not satisfied	15	11	1	1
Satisfied	217	86	1.85 (0.817 to 4.189)	3.71 (0.99 to 13.96)
Use mobile phone as appointment reminder
No	158	76	1	1
Yes	73	21	1.67 (0.958 to 2.919)	2.64 (1.07 to 6.49)*
Time or place no calls are taken
No	150	76	1	1
Yes	82	21	1.98 (1.14 to 3.44)	0.498 (0.21 to 1.18)
Lock phone with passwords
No	155	82	1	1
Yes	76	15	5.075 (2.567 to 10.03)	4.6 (1.63 to 12.95)*
Others access the mobile phone
No	144	79	1	1
Yes	88	18	2.68 (1.51 to 4.77)	1.88 (0.84 to 4.23)
Automatic appointment reminder
No	109	30	1	1
Yes	123	67	0.51 (0.31 to 0.84)	1.71 (0.83 to 3.51)

*Statistically significant (p <0.05).