Table 5.
Multivariate Logistic Regression of Factors Associated with Knowledge of Stroke Risk Factors and Warning Signs Among Cardiac Patients Who Were on Follow-Up at TASH, 2020
| Variables | Knowledge of Risk Factors | Knowledge of Warning Signs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR (95% CI) | COR (95% CI) | P-value | AOR (95% CI) | COR 95% CI | P-value | ||
| Age |
 45 |
1.8 (0.95–3.47) | 1.63 (0.96–2.76) | 0.069 | 1.66(0.81–3. 41) | 1.55(0.91–2.64) | 0.107 |
| <45 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||
| Sex | Male | 0.86 (0.58–1.29) | 0.898 | 0.82(0.48–1.40) | 0.481 | ||
| Female | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||
| Marital status | Married | 2.25 (0.57–8.83) | 0.183 | 1.17(0.33–4.17) | 0.349 | ||
| Single | 1.92(0.446–8.25) | 1.52(0.39–5.97) | |||||
| Divorced | 5.87(1.07–32.02) | 2.92(0.59–14.33) | |||||
| Widowed | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||
| Educational status | Elementary school or less | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.005* | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.011* |
| Secondary school or above | 3.05(1.62–5.74) | 4.27(2.45–7.45) | 4.29(2.25–8.19) | 4.91(2.7–8.68) | |||
| Occupation | Farmer | 1.00 | 0.000 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Merchant | 2.61(0.93–7.30) | 4.36(1.58–12.04) | 3.07(0.97–9.68) | 3.77(1.39–10.21) | 0.0001 | ||
| Govt. employee | 4.28 (1.32–13.89) | 8.33(2.76–25.16) | 3.78(1.10–12.97) | 6.13(2.11_17.82) | |||
| Housewife | 2.08(0.60–7.25) | 1.07(0.41–2.81) | 1.80(0.58–5.56) | 0.84(0.323–2.19) | |||
| Residence area | Urban | 2.07(1.05–4.1) | 3.18(1.74–5.82) | 0.036* | 2.41(1.33–4.38) | 0.004 | |
| Rural | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Hearing about stroke | Yes | 2.67(1.24–5.76) | 2.74(1.59–4.69) | 0.000 | 1.73(0.80–3.78) | 5.16(2.89–9.18) | 0.017 |
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||
| Know somebody with stroke | Yes | 2.67(1.29–5.55) | 2.82(1.43–5.54) | 0.008* | 11.11(5.24–23.59) | 12.35(6.03–25.28) | 0.000* |
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||
Note: *P-value <0.05 in multivariate logistic regression.
Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted odds ratio; COR, crude odds ratio.