Table 8.
Bivariate and Multivariate Logistic Regression analysis of missing appointments/visits for medication refill variable, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021.
| Missed appointments |
Odds ratio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables Category | No | Yes | COR(CI) | AOR(CI) | P value |
|
| Age | 18–34 | 43 (28.0%) | 12 (20.7%) | 1 | 1 | 0.252 |
| 35–54 | 92 (59.7%) | 11 (19.0%) | 0.43 (0.175–1.048) | 0.41 (0.091–1.875) | 0.013* | |
| ≥ 55 | 19 (12.3%) | 35 (60.3%) | 6.60 (2.823–15.434) | 6.73 (1.495–30.310) | ||
| Education | No education | 14 (9.1%) | 31 (53.5%) | 1 | 1 | 0.001* |
| Read + write | 19 (12.3%) | 11 (19.0%) | 0.25 (0.096–0.670) | 0.01 (0.001–0.165) | 0.002* | |
| Primary edu. | 50 (32.5%) | 9 (15.5%) | 0.08 (0.031–0.203) | 0.02 (0.002–0.229) | 0.052 | |
| Secondary edu. | 38 (24.7%) | 6 (10.3%) | 0.07 (0.024–0.201) | 0.05 (0.003–1.022) | 0.997 | |
| ≥ Diploma | 33 (21.4%) | 1 (1.7%) | 0.01 (0.0012–1.021) | 0.01 (0.001–1.002) | ||
| Fear of COVID-19 | No | 44 (28.6%) | 1 (1.7%) | 1 | 1 | 0.004* |
| Yes | 110 (71.4%) | 57 (98.3%) | 22.80 (3.062-169.782) | 24.93 (2.798-222.279) | ||
| Transport disruption | No | 22 (14.3%) | 1 (1.7%) | 1 | 1 | 0.038* |
| Yes | 132 (85.7%) | 57 (98.3%) | 9.50 (1.250-31.185) | 4.90 (1.031–23.174) | ||
| Reduced income | No | 53 (34.4%) | 3 (5.2%) | 1 | 1 | 0.026* |
| Yes | 101 (65.6%) | 55 (94.8%) | 9.62 (2.873–32.219) | 5.64 (1.234–25.812) | ||
| Unable to access mask | No | 64 (41.6%) | 2 (3.4%) | 1 | 1 | 0.024* |
| Yes | 90 (58.4%) | 56 (96.6%) | 19.91 (4.687–84.577) | 7.67 (1.303–45.174) | ||
| Sanitizer available | No | 110 (71.4%) | 47 (81.0%) | 1 | 1 | 0.026* |
| Yes | 44 (28.6%) | 11 (19.0%) | 0.58 (0.278–1.231) | 0.07 (0.007–0.729) | ||
| For how many months | 3 months | 52 (35.9%) | 38 (69.1%) | 1 | 1 | 0.018* |
| 6 months | 93 (64.1%) | 17 (30.9%) | 0.25 (0.129–0.486) | 0.33 (0.132–0.825) | ||
| Cost of disinfectant | No | 85 (55.2%) | 10 (17.2%) | 1 | 1 | 0.023* |
| Yes | 69 (44.8%) | 48 (82.8%) | 5.91 (2.788–12.539) | 16.64 (1.462-189.569) | ||
| Non-medical support since COVID-19 | Same as before | 130 (84.4%) | 33 (56.9%) | 1 | 1 | 0.233 |
| Slightly harder | 12 (7.8%) | 3 (5.2%) | 0.98 (0.263–3.693) | 3.68 (0.434–31.204) | 0.100 | |
| Much harder | 10 (6.5%) | 13 (22.4%) | 5.12 (2.064–12.705) | 3.78 0.774–18.421) | 0.044* | |
| Impossible | 2 (1.3%) | 9 (15.5%) | 17.72 (3.655–85.987) | 2.32 (1.547–12.596) | ||
*
Statistically significant at p-value<0.05, COR = crude odds ratio at 95% confidence interval; AOR = adjusted odds ratio at 95% confidence interval.