Table 2.
Access to mobile phones and its association with demographic characteristics (N=185).
| Variables | Mobile phone not used (n=34), n (%) | Mobile phone used (n=151), n (%) | Unadjusted ORa
(95% CI) |
Adjustedb,c OR (95% CI) |
|
| Sex, n (%) | |||||
|
|
Female | 22 (31) | 49 (69) | Referentd | —e |
|
|
Male | 12 (10.5) | 102 (89.5) | 3.816 (1.747-8.338) | — |
| Education status, n (%) | |||||
|
|
No formal education | 14 (35) | 26 (65) | Referent | Referent |
|
|
Formal education | 20 (13.8) | 125 (86.2) | 3.365 (1.508-7.513) | 2.623 (1.118-6.153) |
| Literate in English, n (%) | |||||
|
|
No | 28 (24.1) | 88 (75.9) | Referent | Referent |
|
|
Yes | 6 (9) | 63 (91) | 3.341 (1.306-8.546) | — |
| Employment status, n (%) | |||||
|
|
Not gainfully employed | 25 (33) | 51 (67) | Referent | — |
|
|
Gainfully employed | 9 (8.3) | 100 (91.7) | 5.447 (2.367-12.531) | — |
| Monthly income (Indian Rupee), n (%) | |||||
|
|
<5000 | 28 (32) | 60 (68) | Referent | Referent |
|
|
≥5000 | 6 (6) | 91 (94) | 7.078 (2.765-18.120) | 6.288 (2.428-16.290) |
| Treatment observation, n (%) | |||||
|
|
In-person directly observed treatment | 8 (18) | 36 (82) | Referent | — |
|
|
Self-administered treatment | 11 (24) | 34 (76) | 0.687 (0.247-1.913) | — |
|
|
Not initiated | 15 (16) | 81 (84) | 1.200 (0.467-3.083) | — |
| Recruitment center, n (%) | |||||
|
|
Public health care facility | 6 (23) | 20 (77) | Referent | — |
|
|
St John’s Medical College Hospital (private) | 28 (17.6) | 131 (82.4) | 1.404 (0.517-3.813) | — |
aOR: odds ratio.
bLogistic regression model P value<.001 (Forward stepwise [conditional] method); Nagelkerke R2: 0.215 (step 2); −2 Log-likelihood: 150.230 (step 2).
cOnly variables retained in the final regression model have an adjusted OR.
dReferent: reference category.
eNot applicable.