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. 2019 Dec 10;20:e151. doi: 10.1017/S1463423619000859

Table 5.

Odds ratios (OR) for having insufficient/problematic health literacy and for being an emergency department patient, respectively

Emergency department
patient, n = 207
Insufficient/problematic
health literacy, n = 157
Crude Final model Crude Final model
Variables na OR 95% CI OR 95% CI na OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Background
 Sex
  Man 80 1 1 58 1
  Women 127 1.11 0.57–2.16 0.20 0.04–0.92* 99 0.94 0.48–1.83
 Age
  20–24 121 1 93 1
  25–29 86 0.92 0.47–1.77 64 0.62 0.31–1.24
 Origin Sweden
  No 25 1 20 1
  Yes 182 1.28 0.45–3.60 137 0.54 0.21–1.39
 >Secondary school
  No 163 1 124 1
  Yes 44 1.30 0.61–2.80 33 0.79 0.35–1.77
 Worker
  No 72 1 64 1
  Yes 135 0.80 0.41–1.55 93 1.21 0.62–2.34
 Student
  No 139 1 101 1
  Yes 68 1.98 1.03–3.84* 56 1.31 0.67–2.57
Symptoms
 Respiratory
  No 129 1
  Yes 28 0.94 0.40–2.20
 Muscle Skeletal
  No 175 1 135 1
  Yes 31 1.38 0.59–3.24 22 0.77 0.29–2.01
 Trauma
  No 148 1
  Yes 18 1.26 0.43–3.73
 Gastrointestinal
  No 167 1 1 127 1
  Yes 39 4.52 2.15–9.52* 5.10 1.14–22.76* 30 1.43 0.63–3.20 2.76 1.08–7.04*
 Psychiatric
  No 139 1
  Yes 18 5.43 1.82–16.17* 7.80 2.01–30.32*
 ⪯24 h
  No 152 1 1 125 1
  Yes 45 5.10 2.46–10.58* 11.53 2.95–45.10* 32 0.88 0.39–2.00
Prior to visit
 Tried resting
  No 83 1
  Yes 124 2.20 1.09–4.47*
 Healthcare professional’s recommendation to seek care
  No 139 1 1
  Yes 66 5.26 2.65–10.44* 13.25 3.11–56.45*
Healthcare in general
 Trust
  No 147 1 111 1
  Yes 56 1.01 0.49–2.08 46 0.42 0.19–0.90 0.34 0.13–0.87*
Health in general
 Anxious
  No 132 1
  Yes 25 2.64 1.10–6.30*
Diagnose
 R00-R99
  No 72 1
  Yes 34 3.43 1.34–8.82*
*

Significant.

a

Numbers may not reflect the total, due to participants dropping out.