Table 5.
Univariable and multivariable ordinal logistic regression analysis of factors associated with delay among patients with microbial keratitis (n = 309).
| Variable | Univariable analysis |
Multivariable analysis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cOR | (95% CI) | p value | aOR | (95% CI) | p value | |
| Age in years | 1.009 | (0.994–1.019) | 0.140 | |||
| Sex (being male) | 1.06 | (0.71–1.58) | 0.792 | |||
| Marital status (being married) | 0.86 | (0.55–1.33) | 0.316 | |||
| Occupation (being a farmer) | 1.24 | (0.80–1.93) | 0.339 | |||
| Being head of household | 0.83 | (0.54–1.27) | 0.394 | |||
| Number of people in household (increase/one person) | 1.14 | (0.85–1.51) | 0.365 | |||
| Distance to the eye hospital (every 10km increase) | 1.036 | (1.003–1.) | 0.034 | |||
| Distance from nearest health centre (increase per 1km) | 1.01 | (0.97–1.06) | 0.501 | |||
| Positive history of trauma | 0.96 | (0.62–1.49) | 0.860 | |||
| Positive history of TEM Use | 1.73 | (1.14–2.62) | 0.010 | 1.58 | (1.03–2.43) | 0.038 |
| Other facilities visited before eye hospital | ||||||
| Nil (direct presenters) | 1 | 0.0002 | 1 | 0.001 | ||
| One facility | 2.95 | (1.63–5.38) | 2.74 | (1.53–4.92) | ||
| Two facilities | 3.62 | (1.74–7.52) | 2.58 | (1.30–5.15) | ||
| Three facilities | 4.12 | (1.82–9.34) | 3.26 | (1.42–7.45) | ||
| Four facilities* | 15.5 | (2.65–90) | 14.3 | (2.45–83.7) | ||
*two patients had visited five facilities and one patient six facilities, these were dropped from the analysis