Table 3.
Associated factors of poor knowledge about epilepsy, 2019.
| Variable | Knowledge | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | ||
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| Good | Poor | ||||
| Age | 18–35 | 234 | 138 | 1 | 1 |
| 35–45 | 67 | 63 | 1.59 (1.06, 2.39)∗ | 0.95 (0.58, 1.57) | |
| >45 | 35 | 59 | 2.86 (1.79, 4.56)∗ | 1.37 (0.74, 2.53) | |
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| Income | <3000 | 37 | 46 | 1 | 1 |
| ≥3000 | 299 | 214 | 0.58 (0.36, 0.92)∗ | 0.78 (0.45, 1.37) | |
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| Occupation | Farmer or housewife | 30 | 68 | 4.47 (2.66, 7.51)∗ | 1.39 (0 .69, 2.79) |
| Private workers | 95 | 75 | 1.56 (1.02, 2.37)∗ | 1.07 (0.64, 1.79) | |
| Daily laborer | 34 | 27 | 1.56 (0.87, 2.80) | 0.77 (0.36, 1.64) | |
| Student | 43 | 22 | 1.01 (0.56, 1.82) | 0.92 (0.41, 2.06) | |
| Gov't employee | 134 | 68 | 1 | 1 | |
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| Educational status | Lack of modern education | 32 | 84 | 6.92 (4.21, 11.36)∗ | 3.74 (1.80, 7.70)∗∗ |
| 1–8 | 52 | 43 | 2.18 (1.33, 3.57)∗ | 1.45 (0.78, 2.69) | |
| 9–12 | 78 | 67 | 2.26 (1.47, 3.49)∗ | 2.13 (1.27, 3.59) | |
| >12 | 174 | 66 | 1 | 1 | |
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| Marital status | Single | 178 | 85 | 1 | 1 |
| Married | 158 | 175 | 2.32 (1.66, 3.24)∗ | 1.88 (1.20, 3.21)∗ | |
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| Family role | Family head | 192 | 194 | 1 | 1 |
| Son or daughter | 57 | 34 | 0.59 (0.37, 0.94)∗ | 1.45 (0.67, 3.15) | |
| Living alone | 87 | 32 | 0.36 (0.23, 0.57)∗ | 0.70 (0.37, 1.32) | |
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| Witnessed a seizure | Yes | 291 | 184 | 1 | 1 |
| No | 45 | 76 | 2.67 (1.77, 4.03)∗ | 1.79 (1.10, 2.90)∗ | |
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| Heard epilepsy | Yes | 322 | 224 | 1 | 1 |
| No | 14 | 36 | 3.70 (1.95, 7.01)∗∗ | 2.67 (1.27, 5.59)∗ | |
∗ p value <0.05, ∗∗p value ≤0.001, COR = crude odds ratio, and AOR = adjusted odds ratio.