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. 2020 Sep 14;13:1571–1578. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S268876

Table 4.

Factors Associated with Practice of Patients Toward COVID-19 (n=522)

Characteristics Practice Unadjusted
p*
Unadjusted
PR (95% CI)
Adjusted
p*
Adjusted
PR (95% CI)
Sufficient
No. (%)
Insufficient
No. (%)
Knowledge
 Sufficient 297 (83.2) 60 (16.8) 0.001 1.29 (1.14–1.46) 0.001 1.24 (1.10–1.41)
 Insufficient 106 (64.2) 59 (35.8)
Attitude
 Positive 371 (78.3) 103 (21.7) 0.126 1.17 (0.96–1.44) 0.272 1.12 (0.92–1.37)
 Negative 32 (66.7) 16 (33.3)
Age
 <50 181 (80.8) 43 (19.2) 0.084 1.08 (0.99–1.19) 0.402 1.04 (0.95–1.14)
 ≥50 222 (74.5) 76 (25.5)
Gender
 Male 170 (73.6) 61 (26.4) 0.089 0.92 (0.83–1.01) 0.046 0.91 (0.83–0.99)
 Female 232 (80.0) 58 (20.0)
Education level
 <Primary school 53 (66.3) 27 (33.7) 1 1
 Secondary school 87 (73.1) 32 (26.9) 0.005 1.11 (1.03–1.19) 0.103 1.06 (0.99–1.14)
 ≥ High school 263 (81.4) 60 (18.6) 0.005 1.23 (1.06–1.43) 0.103 1.13 (0.98–1.30)
Occupation
 Worker 127 (78.4) 35 (21.6) 1
 Housewife 95 (75.4) 31 (24.6) 0.552 0.96 (0.85–1.09)
 Officer 102 (81.0) 24 (19.0) 0.591 1.03 (0.92–1.16)
 Business, trading 44 (77.2) 13 (22.8) 0.852 0.98 (0.84–1.16)
 Retired 35 (70.0) 15 (30.0) 0.264 0.89 (0.73–1.09)

Note: *Z-test for coefficients of Poisson regression model.