Uptake of health services among truck drivers in South Africa: analysis of routine data from nine roadside wellness centres

Lalla-Edward, Samanta Tresha; Ncube, Sydney; Matthew, Paul; Hankins, Catherine A.; Venter, W.D. Francois; Gomez, Gabriela B.

doi:10.1186/s12913-017-2595-3

Table 2 Determinants of service uptake across all sites

From: Uptake of health services among truck drivers in South Africa: analysis of routine data from nine roadside wellness centres

	HIV (n = 16,688 records; n = 5660 services)		STI (n = 16,688 records; n = 1092 services)		TB (n = 16,580 records^a; n = 62 services)		MALARIA (n = 16,580 records^a; n = 70 services)		PHC (n = 16,688 records; n = 11,001 services)
Age	UOR [95% CI]	AOR [95% CI]	UOR [95% CI]	AOR [95% CI]	UOR [95% CI]	AOR [95% CI]	UOR [95% CI]	AOR [95% CI]	UOR [95% CI]	AOR [95% CI]
<20 years	reference	reference	reference	reference	–	–	–	–	reference	reference
20–29 years	0.67 [0.25–1.84]	0.67 [0.23–1.92]	0.89 [0.50–1.58]	0.82 [0.45–1.48]	reference	reference	reference	reference	1.56 [0.55–4.44]	1.62 [0.53–4.92]
30–39 years	0.52 [0.18–0.48]	0.49 [0.17–1.38]	0.76 [0.43–1.36]	0.75 [0.42–1.34]	1.08 [0.41–2.82]	0.91 [0.72–1.16]	2.03 [0.66–6.24]	1.59 [0.46–5.46]	2.14 [0.78–5.86]	2.30 [0.83–6.36]
40–49 years	0.34 [0.13–0.84]*	0.31 [0.13–0.77]*	0.52 [0.28–0.98]*	0.56 [0.30–1.03]	1.25 [0.54–2.88]	0.68 [0.52–0.89]**	1.50 [0.61–3.71]	1.30 [0.46–3.62]	3.56 [1.46–8.70]**	3.75 [1.54–9.12]**
50–65 years	0.24 [0.09–0.65]**	0.24 [0.09–0.63]***	0.25 [0.13–0.49]***	0.29 [0.15–0.57]***	1.44 [0.63–3.28]	0.35 [0.22–0.58]***	0.94 [0.29–3.02]	1.24 [0.40–3.89]	5.76 [2.32–14.30]***	5.62 [2.30–13.72]***
Marital status
No SP	reference	reference	reference	reference	reference	reference	reference	reference	reference	reference
SP	0.95 [0.65–1.37]	1.10 [0.76–1.60]	0.64 [0.42–0.98]*	0.68 [0.57–0.81]***	0.80 [0.55–1.15]	0.68 [0.57–0.82]***	3.19 [1.89–5.40]***	1.54 [0.84–2.81]	1.18 [0.78–1.81]	1.01 [0.73–1.41]
Nationality
South African	reference	reference	reference	reference	reference	reference	reference	reference	reference	reference
Other	1.87 [1.18–2.96]**	1.72 [1.13–2.60]*	1.70 [0.92–3.14]	1.77 [0.95–3.28]	1.36 [0.70–2.65]	1.72 [0.92–3.23]	12.50 [4.44–35.19]***	11.04 [3.89–31.29]***	0.47 [0.25–0.88]*	0.50 [0.27–0.90]*

HIV Human immunodeficiency virus, STI Sexually transmitted infection, TB Tuberculosis, PHC Primary healthcare, n Number, UOR Unadjusted odds ratio, AOR Adjusted odds ratio (refers to adjusted for all variables in table); 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; No SP: no stable partner includes the following categories: divorced, single or widowed. SP: with stable partner includes married and cohabiting. *indicates a p value < 0.05; **p value < 0.01; ***p value < 0.001
^arecords with <20y (n = 108) were dropped in this analysis, because there were no TB/malaria visits recorded

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