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Table 2 Factors influencing the intellectual disability to use adult preventive health services: logistic regression analysis

From: Related factors and use of free preventive health services among adults with intellectual disabilities in Taiwan

 

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Variable name

OR

95% CI

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

Gender

        

 Female

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Male

0.80

0.75

0.86

< .001*

0.87

0.80

0.95

0.001*

Age

        

 40-44 years

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 45-49 years

0.98

0.88

1.09

0.689

0.92

0.82

1.03

0.140

 50-54years

1.06

0.94

1.19

0.353

0.94

0.83

1.06

0.290

 55-59 years

1.22

1.08

1.38

0.001*

1.00

0.88

1.15

0.950

 60-64 years

1.26

1.09

1.45

0.002*

1.03

0.89

1.21

0.677

 65-69 years

0.50

0.40

0.63

< .001*

0.33

0.26

0.42

< .001*

 ≥ 70 years

0.45

0.36

0.56

< .001*

0.35

0.28

0.44

< .001*

Educational level

        

 Elementary school and under

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Junior high school

1.03

0.92

1.15

0.591

1.03

0.91

1.16

0.676

 Senior (vocational) high school

0.85

0.67

1.08

0.175

0.78

0.60

1.01

0.057

 Junior college and university or above

0.96

0.56

1.64

0.878

1.11

0.63

1.96

0.714

 Unclear

0.95

0.84

1.06

0.353

0.98

0.87

1.12

0.790

Marital status

        

 Married

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Unmarried

1.27

1.17

1.39

< .001*

1.07

0.97

1.19

0.168

 Divorced or widowed

1.37

1.12

1.66

0.002*

1.16

0.94

1.43

0.179

 Unclear

0.87

0.79

0.96

0.004*

0.79

0.71

0.88

< .001*

Level of urbanizationa

        

 Level one

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Level two

1.55

1.31

1.84

< .001*

1.79

1.49

2.15

< .001*

 Level three

1.56

1.30

1.86

< .001*

1.85

1.53

2.23

< .001*

 Level four

1.55

1.28

1.88

< .001*

1.90

1.55

2.33

< .001*

 Level five

1.53

1.29

1.82

< .001*

1.91

1.59

2.29

< .001*

 Level six

1.94

1.63

2.31

< .001*

2.47

2.06

2.97

< .001*

 Level seven

1.74

1.47

2.07

< .001*

2.19

1.82

2.64

< .001*

 Level eight

1.70

1.40

2.08

< .001*

2.08

1.68

2.57

< .001*

Premium-based monthly payroll

        

 < 15,840

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Dependent population

0.74

0.68

0.82

< .001*

0.90

0.81

1.01

0.061

 16,500-22,800

1.08

0.98

1.19

0.104

1.16

1.04

1.29

0.011*

 24,000-28,800

0.90

0.67

1.19

0.453

1.03

0.76

1.40

0.836

 30,300-36,300

0.82

0.56

1.20

0.310

0.91

0.61

1.37

0.653

 > 38,200

1.03

0.68

1.57

0.890

1.12

0.72

1.74

0.631

Low-income household

        

 No

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Yes

1.48

1.36

1.62

< .001*

1.27

1.14

1.42

< .001*

Aborigine

        

 No

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Yes

1.66

1.25

2.19

0.000*

1.29

0.95

1.75

0.103

Catastrophic illness/injury

        

 No

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Yes

1.67

1.51

1.85

< .001*

1.22

1.08

1.38

0.002*

Relevant chronic diseases

        

 Cancer

1.16

0.85

1.58

0.344

0.77

0.55

1.08

0.135

 Endocrine and metabolic disease

2.95

2.73

3.19

< .001*

1.79

1.63

1.96

< .001*

 Mental illness

2.19

2.03

2.36

< .001*

1.33

1.21

1.46

< .001*

 Disease of the nervous system

1.95

1.77

2.14

< .001*

1.11

0.99

1.24

0.067

 Disease of the circulatory system

2.69

2.49

2.90

< .001*

1.57

1.43

1.72

< .001*

 Disease of the respiratory system

2.41

2.21

2.63

< .001*

1.38

1.24

1.53

< .001*

 Disease of the digestive system

2.70

2.50

2.92

< .001*

1.49

1.36

1.63

< .001*

 Disease of the urinary system

2.15

1.76

2.64

< .001*

0.97

0.77

1.21

0.766

 Disease of the skeletal and muscular

system and connective tissue

2.39

2.20

2.59

< .001*

1.31

1.19

1.45

< .001*

 Disease of the eyes and auxiliary organs

1.72

1.43

2.06

< .001*

0.94

0.77

1.15

0.549

 Infectious diseases

1.71

1.46

2.01

< .001*

0.98

0.82

1.16

0.776

 Congenital malformation

1.74

1.33

2.29

< .001*

1.05

0.78

1.41

0.748

 Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders

2.31

2.08

2.57

< .001*

1.29

1.14

1.46

< .001*

 Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs

2.21

1.88

2.59

< .001*

1.18

0.99

1.40

0.065

 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process

2.40

2.05

2.82

< .001*

1.08

0.91

1.29

0.382

Severity of intellectual disability

        

 Mild

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Moderate

0.89

0.80

0.99

0.026*

0.88

0.79

0.98

0.020*

 Severe

0.79

0.71

0.87

< .001*

0.82

0.73

0.92

0.001*

 Very severe

0.67

0.59

0.75

< .001*

0.75

0.66

0.86

< .001*

  1. aLevel one: the most urbanized areas.
  2. *p < 0.05.
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