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