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. 2021 May 4;14(2):161–169. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihab023

Table 2.

Factors associated with intention to seek treatment in the hospital (N=4245)

Univariate analysis Multivariable analysisa
Treatment-seeking in hospital Treatment seeking in hospital, yes vs no
Covariates n (%) Yes (n=3640) No (n=605) p-Value OR (95% CI)
Demographic characteristics
Age group (years)
 18–25 782 (18.4) 655 (83.8) 127 (16.2)
 26–35 1515 (35.7) 1297 (85.6) 218 (14.4) 0.346
 36–45 953 (22.4) 824 (86.5) 129 (13.5)
 46–55 685 (16.1) 591 (86.3) 94 (13.7)
 56–70 310 (7.3) 273 (88.1) 37 (11.9)
Gender
 Male 1754 (41.3) 1549 (88.3) 205 (11.7) 1.01 (0.89 to 1.15)
 Female 2491 (58.7) 2091 (83.9) 400 (16.1) <0.001 Reference
Highest education level
 Middle school and below 380 (9.0) 340 (89.5) 40 (10.5) Reference
 High school/technical secondary school 783 (18.4) 709 (90.5) 74 (9.5) <0.001 1.22 (0.94 to 1.58)
 Junior college/vocational college 1117 (26.3) 977 (87.5) 140 (12.5) 1.12 (0.87 to 1.43)
 Bachelor/master's degree and above 1965 (46.3) 1614 (82.1) 351 (17.9) 1.04 (0.81 to 1.32)
Occupation
 Government staff/civil servant 1324 (31.2) 1105 (83.5) 219 (16.5) 1.18 (0.92 to 1.52)
 Ordinary worker 1260 (29.7) 1110 (88.1) 150 (11.9) 1.66 (1.28 to 2.16)***
 Business/service personnel 823 (19.4) 718 (87.2) 105 (12.8) 0.002 1.38 (1.06 to 1.81)*
 Housewife/retiree 504 (11.9) 434 (86.1) 70 (13.9) 1.19 (0.88 to 1.61)
 Student 334 (7.9) 273 (81.7) 61 (18.3) Reference
Current location
 Wuhan 2855 (67.3) 2380 (83.4) 475 (16.6) <0.001 Reference
 Other 1390 (32.7) 1260 (90.6) 130 (9.4) 0.94 (0.82 to 1.08)
Quarantine status
 Yes 3974 (93.6) 3424 (86.2) 550 (13.8) 0.005 2.36 (1.80 to 3.09)***
 No 271 (6.4) 216 (79.7) 55 (20.3) Reference
Total score of institutional trust in information provision and preventive behaviours
 0–21 2037 (48.0) 1604 (78.7) 433 (21.3) <0.001 Reference
 21–24 2208 (52.0) 2036 (92.2) 172 (7.8) 2.20 (1.94 to 2.49)***

*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.

a

Hosmer–Lemeshow test, χ2=2.231, p=0.973; Nagelkerke R2=0.079.