Knowledge towards Prevention and Early Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease and Associated Factors among Hypertensive Patients at a Chronic Illness Clinic of Jimma Town Public Hospitals
Table 4
Multivariable logistic regression analysis of factors associated with knowledge of hypertensive patients towards prevention and early detection of CKD in JTPH, June 2019.
Variable
Category
Knowledge
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
value
Good
Poor
Age
18-40 years
29
18
1.70 (0.88, 3.28)
41-60 years
88
93
1
≥61 years
42
62
0.72 (0.44, 1.17)
Residence
Urban
111
93
1.99 (1.27, 3.13)
Rural
48
80
1
Marital status
Single
21
14
1.71 (0.83, 3.52)
Married
109
124
1
Widowed
15
18
0.95 (0.46, 1.97)
Divorced
14
17
0.94 (0.44, 1.99)
Educational status
Informal Edu
46
81
1
1
Grade 1-8
48
63
1.34 (0.80, 2.26)
1.23 (0.69, 2.19)
0.492
Grade 9-12
24
14
3.02 (1.42, 6.40)
2.9 (1.23, 6.62)
0.014
Higher education
41
15
4.81 (2.41, 9.63)
5.4 (2.23, 13.02)
0.001
Occupation
Gov’t employee
43
32
2.74 (1.44, 5.21)
1.17 (0.51, 2.67)
0.711
Private/NGO
27
12
4.58 (2.03, 10.4)
4.3 (1.81, 10.07)
0.001
Merchant
18
11
3.33 (1.39, 7.99)
2.57 (0.99, 6.68)
0.052
Daily laborer
6
7
1.75 (0.54, 5.68)
1.50 (0.43, 5.23)
0.521
Housewife
26
43
1.23 (0.63, 2.39)
1.01 (0.5, 2.05)
0.980
Farmer
28
57
1
1
Retirement
11
11
2.04 (0.79, 5.27)
1.51 (0.53, 4.26)
0.44
Monthly income
<1000
38
54
0.77 (0.46, 1.26)
1000-5000
92
100
1
>5000
29
19
1.66 (0.87, 3.16)
HTN duration
<1 year
31
31
0.94 (0.51, 1.73)
1-4 year
47
60
0.73 (0.44, 1.24)
5-10 year
65
60
1
≥10 years
17
21
0.76 (0.37, 1.58)
Number of drugs
<3
90
77
1
1
≥3
69
96
0.62 (0.40, 0.95)
0.55 (0.34, 0.89)
0.016
No. comorbidity
None
142
161
1
≥1
17
12
1.61 (0.74, 3.48)
Fx. kidney disease
Yes
33
20
2.004 (1.1, 3.7)
2.3 (1.20, 4.47)
0.012
No
126
153
1
1
Fx. cardiac disease
Yes
18
11
1.88 (0.86, 4.12)
No
141
162
1
Fx: family history; value < 0.25; 1: reference category; COR: crude odds ratio; AOR = adjusted odds ratio; Hosmer-Lemeshow .
