Table 3 Binary logistic regression models estimating the association of sociodemographic factors with overall risk assessment of blood transfusion in all study participants as well as in the subgroups of patients and caregivers
From: Risk perception of blood transfusions – a comparison of patients and allied healthcare professionals
All participants (n = 691) | Patients (n = 506) | Caregivers (n = 185) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OR (95%CI) | P | OR (95%CI) | P | OR (95%CI) | P | |
Age, years | 1.00 (0.97–1.02) | 0.62 | 1.01 (0.98–1.03) | 0.61 | 1.02 (0.97–1.07) | 0.36 |
Sex, female | 1.57 (0.96–2.62) | 0.08 | 1.67 (0.92–3.06) | 0.09 | 1.06 (0.40–3.04) | 0.91 |
Marital statusa | ||||||
Unmarried | 1.21 (0.63–2.31) | 0.57 | 1.36 (0.60–2.97) | 0.46 | 1.32 (0.25–4.89) | 0.67 |
Divorced | 1.64 (0.68–3.62) | 0.24 | 2.26 (0.85–5.52) | 0.09 | 0.58 (0.03–3.79) | 0.63 |
Widowed | 0.23 (0.01–1.19) | 0.16 | 0.26 (0.01–1.39) | 0.21 | n/a | 0.99 |
Residenceb | ||||||
Suburban | 1.16 (0.60–2.29) | 0.67 | 1.35 (0.59–3.26) | 0.48 | 0.79 (0.23–2.59) | 0.70 |
Municipal | 0.76 (0.37–1.58) | 0.46 | 1.07 (0.44–2.70) | 0.88 | 0.34 (0.07–1.34) | 0.15 |
Rural | 0.62 (0.30–1.25) | 0.18 | 0.55 (0.21–1.44) | 0.22 | 0.76 (0.25–2.29) | 0.61 |
Blood donor | 1.57 (0.94–2.61) | 0.08 | 1.26 (0.64–2.42) | 0.49 | 2.13 (0.88–5.51) | 0.10 |
Denial of transfusions | 5.53 (2.15–13.6) | < 0.001 | 5.46 (1.97–14.5) | < 0.001 | 9.74 (0.34–27.9) | 0.13 |