Table 4 Factors associated with specific home management practices among 207 participants in Kalerwe, Uganda
Variable | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | P-value |
|---|---|---|
No medicines administration schedule | ||
Age | 0.97 (0.94-1.00) | 0.04 |
Get adequate information about disease | ||
Yes | 1.00 | 0.04 |
No | 2.96 (1.06-8.26) | |
Kept last appointment | ||
Yes | 1.00 | 0.001 |
No | 6.55 (2.24-19.14) | |
Inappropriate storage of medicines | ||
Get adequate information about disease | ||
Yes | 1.00 | 0.02 |
No | 2.39 (1.18-4.81) | |
Distance from health facility | ||
≤ 5 km | 1.00 | 0.005 |
> 5 km | 2.82 (1.36-5.83) | |
Disease duration# | ||
≤ 5 years | 1.00 | 0.06 |
> 5 years | 1.78 (0.97-3.41) | |
Multiple prescribers | ||
Number of chronic diseases | ||
One | 1.00 | 0.04 |
More than one | 2.37 (1.02-5.52) | |
Perceived severity of illness | ||
Very severe | 1.00 | |
Moderately severe | 0.87 (0.43-1.77) | 0.70 |
Not severe | 0.27 (0.11-0.70) | 0.007 |
Duration with disease* | ||
≤ 5 years | 1.00 | 0.08 |
> 5 years | 1.72 (0.94-3.15) | |
Drug hoarding | ||
Increasing number of prescribers | 1.34 (1.02-1.78) | 0.04 |
Duration with disease | ||
≤ 5 years | 1.00 | 0.05 |
> 5 years | 2.06 (1.01-4.17) | |