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. 2020 Jun 24;13:1949–1960. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S258736

Table 6.

Factors Associated with Poor Practice on COVID-19 Among Chronic Disease Patients in Bivariable and Multivariable Logistic Regression Analyses, Addis Zemen, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020 (N=404)

Variables Poor Practice OR (95% CI)
Yes (n= 191) No (=213) COR AOR
Age (in years)a 58.4±13.9 54.8±12.9 1.02(1.01–1.03) 0.9(0.96–1.01)
Sex
 Male 122(49.6) 124(50.4) 1
 Female 69(43.7) 89(56.3) 0.78(0.52–1.18)
Marital status
 Married 136(44.6) 169(55.4) 1 1
 Unmarried 17(53.1) 15(46.9) 1.4(0.68–2.92) 3.9(1.47–10.58)**
 Divorced 16(66.7) 8(33.3) 2.5(1.03–5.98) 1.5(0.44–5.04)
 Widowed 22(51.2) 21(48.8) 1.3(0.69–2.46) 0.5(0.17–1.25)
Educational status
 Unable to read and write 107(71.3) 43(28.7) 10.7(5.66–20.17) 2.7(1.03–7.29)*
 Read and write 53(50.5) 52(49.5) 4.4(2.28–8.39) 3.5(1.48–8.38)**
 Elementary 14(23.7) 45(76.3) 1.3(0.60–2.97) 2.0(0.76–5.43)
 Secondary and above 17(18.9) 73(81.1) 1 1
Residence
Urban 69(27.2) 185(72.8) 1 1
Rural 122(81.3) 28(18.7) 11.7(7.12–19.16) 2.7(1.09–6.70)*
Occupation
 Merchant 19(19.6) 78(80.47) 0.6(0.30–1.194) 0.8(0.33–1.81)
 Governmental Employee 24(28.9) 59(71.1) 1 1
 Private-employee 35(48.0) 38(52.0) 2.3(1.16–4.38) 1.0(0.44–2.37)
 Farmer 70(86.4) 11(13.6) 15.6(7.07–34.5) 2.1(0.64–6.79)
 Housewife 37(63.8) 21(36.2) 4.3(2.11–8.85) 0.5(0.18–1.74)
 Othersb 4(33.3) 8(66.6) 2.5(0.72–8.38) 0.7(0.14–3.36)
Monthly income (ETB)
 <7252 (mean) 146(66.1) 75(33.9) 5.9(3.86–9.23) 2.3(1.20–4.15)*
 ≥7252 45(24.6) 138(75.4) 1 1
Poor knowledge
 Yes 118(86.1) 19(13.9) 16.5(9.48–28.72) 8.6(3.81–19.45)**
 No 73(27.3) 194(72.7) 1

Notes: *Significant at p< 0.05; **Significant at p< 0.01. aContinuous variables expressed as mean ± SD. bDaily laborer.

Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; COR, crude odds ratio; ETB, Ethiopian birr.