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. 2020 Nov 27;17(23):8810. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17238810

Table 5.

Determinants of level of satisfaction with COVID-19 preventive measures in the first stage of the outbreak, Uganda.

Variables Frequency (Percentage) Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Very Dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neutral Satisfied Very Satisfied
Sex
Female 100 (14) 108 (15) 102 (14) 137 (19) 264 (37) 4.7 (1.3–1.8) *** 1.3 (1.1–1.6) **
Male 189 (19) 190 (19) 181 (18) 174 (17) 281 (28) Ref Ref
Age Group
18–28 years 82 (18) 80 (18) 60 (18) 79 (18) 144 (32) 0.97 (0.36–2.6) 0.85 (0.31–2.3)
29–39 years 128 (18) 122 (18) 119 (17) 117 (17) 220 (31) 0.94 (0.35–2.5) 0.98 (0.36–2.7)
40–49 years 49 (14) 61 (18) 72 (21) 61 (18) 104 (30) 1.0 (0.37–2.7) 1.1 (0.39–3.0)
50+ years 27 (13) 34 (16) 30 (14) 51 (24) 73 (34) 1.3 (0.46–3.4) 1.4 (0.48–3.8)
<18 years 3 (23) 1 (8) 2 (15) 3 (23) 4 (31) Ref Ref
Wealth Index quintile
Second 55 (16) 57 (16) 66 (19) 59 (17) 114 (32) 1.3 (0.99–1.7) 1.4 (1.02–1.9) *
Middle 48 (14) 64 (19) 53 (15) 68 (20) 110 (32) 1.3 (1.01–1.7) 1.4 (0.95–2.1)
Fourth 62 (17) 56 (16) 57 (16) 72 (20) 114 (32) 1.3 (0.98–1.7) ** 1.3 (0.85–2.0)
Highest 46 (14) 62 (19) 50 (16) 59 (18) 104 (32) 1.3 (0.99–1.7) * 1.3 (0.79–2.0)
Lowest 78 (22) 59 (17) 57 (16) 53 (15) 103 (29) Ref Ref
Being a health care worker
Yes 87 (14) 102 (17) 104 (17) 114 (18) 211 (34) 1.2 (1.0–1.5) * 1.2 (1.0–1.5) *
No 202 (18) 196 (18) 179 (16) 197 (18) 334 (30) Ref Ref
Working conditions
Worker from home 124 (19) 116 (18) 120 (18) 119 (18) 184 (28) 0.86 (0.70–1.07) 1.0 (0.74–1.4)
Worker in a closed indoor space alone 25 (13) 35 (18) 27 (14) 52 (27) 53 (28) 1.1 (0.79–1.4) 1.3 (0.88–1.9)
Worker in a closed indoor space with several people 34 (11) 48 (16) 50 (17) 54 (18) 114 (38) 1.4 (1.0–1.8) * 1.6 (1.1–2.3)
Worker in an open space 22 (19) 23 (19) 17 (14) 15 (13) 41 (35) 0.96 (0.66–1.4) 1.3 (0.82–1.9)
Not applicable (if jobless or student) 84 (19) 76 (17) 69 (15) 71 (16) 153 (34) Ref Ref
Worry about loved ones’ health
Moderately not worried 60 (22) 48 (18) 44 (16) 58 (22) 59 (22) 0.54 (0.42–0.71) *** 0.59 (0.44–0.78) ***
Worried 72 (20) 70 (19) 68 (19) 66 (18) 91 (25) 0.59 (0.46–0.75) *** 0.63 (0.48–0.82) **
Moderately worried 36 (16) 48 (21) 35 (15) 43 (19) 67 (29) 0.71 (0.54–0.94) * 0.77 (0.56–1.1)
Extremely worried 48 (14) 60 (17) 47 (14) 64 (19) 126 (37) 0.93 (0.73–1.2) 0.85 (0.63–1.1)
Not worried 73 (14) 72 (14) 89 (17) 80 (16) 202 (39) Ref Ref
Worry about own health
Moderately not worried 47 (18) 52 (19) 48 (18) 57 (21) 63 (24) 0.69 (0.54–0.89) ** 0.86 (0.65–1.1)
Worried 69 (24) 65 (19) 55 (16) 66 (20) 82 (24) 0.65 (0.51–0.82) *** 0.76 (0.60–1.0)
Moderately worried 19 (12) 36 (22) 28 (17) 37 (22) 46 (28) 0.86 (0.64–1.2) 0.97 (0.70–1.4)
Extremely worried 48 (16) 47 (16) 46 (15) 43 (14) 113 (38) 1.0 (0.79–1.2) 1.1 (0.80–1.5)
Not worried 106 (16) 98 (15) 106 (16) 108 (16) 241 (37) Ref Ref
Ever Suffered violence
No 253 (16) 274 (17) 263 (17) 284 (18) 515 (31) 1.6 (1.2–2.2) ** 1.2 (0.68–2.3)
Yes 36 (26) 24 (18) 20 (15) 27 (20) 30 (22) Ref Ref
Suffer violence and discrimination perpetrated by family members
Yes 13 (45) 3 (10) 7 (24) 4 (14) 2 (6.9) 0.27 (0.14–0.54) *** 0.25 (0.09–0.67)**
No 276 (16) 295 (17) 276 (16) 307 (18) 543 (32) Ref Ref

* <0.05; ** <0.01; *** <0.001 level of significance; OR: Odds ratio (Measure of association between outcome and exposure/ independent variables); CI: Confidence interval; Ref: Reference category; Unadjusted OR: odds ratio that does not account for confounders; Adjusted OR: odds ratio that controls for other independent variables.