Table 1.

Demographics, socio-economic indicators and health system factors associated with use of traditional medicine (TM) among people in Katikekile sub county, crude and adjusted Odds Ratios (OR)

		Use of traditional medicine?
Variable		N	Yes	(%)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95%CI)
Total		323	221	(68.4)
Sex	Male (ref)	117	80	(68.0)
	Female	206	141	(68.4)	1.00 (0.66–1.63)	0.77 (0.43–1.37)
Age	<45 years (ref)	291	151	(66.6)
	45 years	32	30	(93.7)	7.85** (1.84–33.5)	6.14* (1.35–27.94)
Level of education	Primary (ref)	171	108	(63.0)
	Secondary	152	113	(74,3)	1.69* (1.05–2.73)	1.78* (1.01–3.12)
Religion	Christian (ref)	195	122	(62,6)
	Muslims	128	99	(77.3)	2.04** (1.23–3.39)	1.65 (0.91–3.00)
Marital status	Not married (ref)	97	52	(53.6)
	Married	226	169	(74.7)	2.57** (1.56–4.23)	2.38* (1.20–4.70)
Easy access to TM	No (ref)	174	108	(62.2)
	Yes	149	113	(75.8)	1.92** (1.18–3.11)	1.79* (1.02–3.12)
Cultural influence to	Yes (ref)	144	88	(61.1)
use TM?	No	179	133	(74.3)	1.84* (1.15–2.96)	3.04* (1.60–5.80)
Distance to health center?	≤ 1km (ref)	223	128	(57.4)
	> 1km	100	93	(93.0)	9.86** (4.37–22.23)	7.75** (3.29–18.27)
Health care services	Affordable (ref)	183	120	(65.5)
	Not Affordable	140	101	(72.1)	1.36 (0.84–2.20)	1.05 (0.59–1.87)
Attitude of health	Negative (ref)	283	188	(66.4)
workers	Positive	40	33	(82.5)	2.38* (1.02–5.59)	1.93 (0.69–5.36)
Monthly income (Uganda Shilling)	≤ 50,000 (ref)	107	63	(58.9)
	>50,000	216	80	(73.1)	1.90* (1.17–3.10)	N/A

^*Statistically significant p<0.05

^**statistically significant p<0.001

Ref: reference

Adjusted OR: adjustment includes all available variables in the analysis (data for monthly income from different dataset) 95% CI: 95% confidence intervals