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Table 4 Multinomial bivariate logistic regression showing association between choice of first provider and respondent’s characteristics

From: Biomedical drugs and traditional treatment in care seeking pathways for adults with epilepsy in Masindi district, Western Uganda: a household survey

Variable

Hospital

Church/ Mosque

Friend/ Neighbour

Coeff

95% CI

p-value

Coeff

95% CI

p-value

Coeff

95% CI

p-value

Role in household

 Children

1

  

1

  

1

  

 Household head

1.96

−0.11, 4.03

0.064

−0.25

−1.40, 0.89

0.664

0.91

− 0.65, 2.46

0.253

 Relative

2.98

0.64, 5.31

0.012*

−0.58

−2.96, 1.80

0.633

1.03

−1.18, 3.24

0.361

 Wife

2.59

0.49, 4.70

0.016*

0.34

−0.90, 1.57

0.593

1.25

−0.38, 2.89

0.133

Age in completed years

 18–25

1

  

1

  

1

  

 26–35

0.97

−0.44, 2.38

0.178

1.62

0.02, 3.22

0.048*

0.77

−0.67, 2.21

0.295

 36–45

1.69

0.32, 3.06

0.016*

1.23

−0.44, 2.90

0.149

0.83

−0.64, 2.30

0.270

 46–55

1.57

0.18, 2.96

0.027*

0.99

−0.73, 2.72

0.258

0.88

−0.60, 2.35

0.244

 56–65

1.23

−0.27, 2.73

0.107

0.66

−1.26, 2.58

0.503

0.76

−0.83, 2.35

0.348

  > 65

1.44

−0.12, 2.99

0.071

0.99

−0.96, 2.94

0.318

1.28

−0.31, 2.87

0.114

Sex

 Female

1

  

1

  

1

  

 Male

−0.79

−1.44, −0.14

0.017*

−0.69

−1.48, 0.10

0.085

−0.81

−1.59, − 0.03

0.041

Marital status

 Married/ cohabiting

1

  

1

  

1

  

 Separated/ Divorced

0.38

−0.46, 1.22

0.372

0.10

−0.96, 1.15

0.860

0.18

−0.88, 1.24

0.737

 Single/ Never married

−0.73

−1.91, 0.45

0.227

−0.53

−1.86, 0.80

0.436

−0.15

−1.37, 1.06

0.803

 Widow/ Widower

0.04

−0.93, 1.01

0.934

−0.45

−1.79, 0.88

0.506

0.48

−0.56, 1.52

0.365

Highest level of education

 None

1

  

1

  

1

  

 Primary

−0.24

−1.03, 0.55

0.548

0.02

−0.96, 0.99

0.973

1.17

−0.11, 2.45

0.072

 Secondary

0.14

−0.88, 1.17

0.787

0.23

−1.04, 1.50

0.725

0.67

−0.96, 2.31

0.421

 Tertiary (Others)

1.37

−0.40, 3.14

0.130

   

1.99

−0.31, 4.29

0.090

Occupation

 Farming

1

  

1

  

1

  

 Government worker

2.55

0.40, 4.70

0.020*

1.35

−1.46, 4.15

0.347

2.57&

0.26, 4.88

0.029*

 Trading

0.88

−0.14, 1.89

0.091

0.65

−0.63, 1.93

0.317

1.61

0.58, 2.64

0.002**

 Unemployed

−0.34

−2.63, 1.95

0.770

1.35

−0.31, 3.01

0.112

1.39

−0.28, 3.05

0.102

  1. Coefficients are relative probabilities compared to attending the health centre as first choice provider. *Significant at P < 0.05, **p < 0.01, &Coefficient for bivariate analysis of choice of provider 1 as a traditional healer (not friend /neighbour), and occupation as predictor variable