Table 4. Binary and multivariable logistic regression of variables associated with health system information need domain among oncology patients at DRH, Dessie, Ethiopia, 2020.

Variables	Health system information need
	No need	Some need	COR (CI)	AOR (CI)	p value
Age			1.01 (0.99–1.03)	1.01 (0.88–1.04)	0.876
Occupational status
Employed	44 (13.8)	10 (11.5)	1	1
Paid work	95 (30.2)	23 (26.4)	1.05 (0.46–2.4)	1.32 (0.52–3.33)	0.900
Jobless	169 (53.1)	49 (56.3)	1.27 (0.59–2.72)	1.66 (0.58–4.76)	0.528
Retired	9 (2.8)	5 (5.7)	2.44 (0.67–8.89)	2.62 (0.55–12.4)	0.175
Household income
0–1,500	112 (35.2)	43 (49.4)	1	1
1,501–2,000	78 (24.5)	13 (14.9)	1.8 (1.29–5.86)	0.59 (1.27–5.27)	0.002
2,001–2,700	53 (16.7)	7 (8)	2.0 (1.14–6.81)	1.5 (1.15–4.01)	0.003
>2,700	75 (23.6)	24 (27.6)	2.56 (2.46–9.49)	2.2 (1.33–13.93)	0.001
Source of information
Physician	207 (65.1)	34 (39.1)	1	1
Physician and reading	65 (20.4)	33 (37.9)	3.09 (1.78–5.38)	3.06 (1.63–5.76)	<0.001a
Cancer site
Breast	106 (33.3)	32 (36.8)	1	1
Colon	31 (9.7)	8 (9.2)	0.85 (0.35–2.04)	0.94 (0.36–2.41)	0.724
Prostate	25 (7.9)	11 (12.6)	1.45 (0.65–3.28)	1.49 (0.57–3.83)	0.363
Lung	29 (9.1)	8 (9.2)	0.91 (0.38–2.2)	0.9 (0.35–2.32)	0.840
Skin	23 (7.2)	7 (8.0)	1.00 (0.39–2.56)	0.94 (0.34–2.6)	0.986
Cervical	67 (21.1)	16 (18.4)	0.79 (0.4–1.55)	1.26 (0.58–2.74)	0.495
Lipoma	37 (11.6)	5 (5.7)	0.48 (0.16–1.23)	0.46 (0.15–1.37)	0.120
Treatment option
Chemotherapy	187 (58.8)	53 (60.9)	1	1
Surgery	57 (17.9)	27 (17.9)	1.67 (0.96–2.89)	1.88 (0.98–3.52)	0.067
Analgesia	74 (23.3)	7 (8.0)	0.33 (0.14–0.77)	0.3 (0.12–0.77)	0.01a
Cancer stage
Early stage (I, II)	83 (26.1)	17 (19.5)	1	1
Late stage (III, IV)	235 (73.9)	70 (80.5)	1.45 (0.81–2.61)	2 (1.03–3.86)	<0.001a
Recurrence
No	10 (3.1)	8 (9.2)	1	1
Yes	308 (96.9)	79 (90.8)	0.32 (0.12–0.84)	0.38 (0.13–1.12)	0.170

COR, Crude odds ratio; AOR, Adjusted odds ratio; CI, Confidence interval

^aStatistically significant at p < 0.05