Table 4.

Bivariable and multivariable analyses of factors associated with cancer pain among patients in the UoGCSH, Northwest Ethiopia 2021.

Variables	Categories	Cancer pain		COR [95% CI]	AOR [95% CI]
		Yes (%) n = 230 (59.64)	No (%) n = 155 (40.36)
Sex	Male	118	69	1.00	1.00
	Female	112	85	0.77[0.51, 1.16]	1.18 [0.55, 2.65]
Anxiety	No	19	30	1.00	1.00
	Yes	211	124	2.68 [1.45, 4.97]	2.52 [1.02, 6.19]*
Length of stay before treatment	<4 months	182	107	1.00	1.00
	≥4 months	16	13	0.72 [0.33, 1.56]	1.37 [0.54, 3.43]
Occupation	Farmer	92	52	0.75 [0.31, 1.51]	0.48 [0.15, 1.48]
	Merchant	46	36	0.50 [0.22, 1.14]	0.44 [0.13, 1.50]
	Government employees	64	55	0.45 [0.20, 1.00]	0.45 [0.14,1.38]
	Other	28	11	1.00	1.00
Types of cancer	Lung	9	7	2.02 [0.61, 6.67]	5.35 [0.70, 40.77]
	Breast	42	13	5.07 [2.03, 12.7]	4.01[0.98., 16.4]
	Gynecological	24	45	0.83 [0.36, 1.92]	0.43 [0.11, 1.70]
	Hematologic	48	16	4.71 [1.96, 11.3]	4.68 [1.30, 16.74]*
	GI	55	13	6.64 [2.69, 16.3]	5.15 [1.45, 18.2] *
	Skin	8	7	1.79 [0.53, 6.05]	3.78 [0.56, 24.02]
	GU	12	13	1.45 [0.51, 4.07]	1.10 [0.25, 4.79]
	Endocrine	18	18	1.45 [0.61, 4.00]	1.20 [0.30, 4.73]
	Other*	14	22	1.00	1.00
Stage of cancer	Stage I	110	110	1.00	1.00
	Stage II	39	31	1.25 [0.73, 2.16]	2.18 [0.93, 5.10]
	Stage III and IV	81	13	6.23[3.27, 11.8]	14.3 [3.20, 63.71]**
Metastasis	Yes	91	28	2.94 [1.80, 4.79]	0.44[0.12, 1.53]
	No	139	126	1.00	1.00
Chronic diseases	Absent	144	101	1.00	1.00
	Present	86	53	1.13 [0.74, 1.74]	1.54 [0.84, 2.82]

AOR, adjusted odds ratio; COR, Crude odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

^*P-value <0.05, **P-value <0.01, ***P-value <0.001.