Factors associated with delay or avoidance of medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia: results from a nationwide survey

Table 3 The results of multivariable logistic regression analysis of factors associated with avoidance/delay of routine, urgent, and any type of medical care during COVID-19 in Armenia

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	Routine medical care		Urgent/emergency medical care		Any medical care ^a
Independent variables	OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Age (years)					0.99 (0.98; 1.00)	0.049
Gender
Male	1.00		1.0		1.0
Female	1.80 (1.24; 2.63)	0.002	1.78 (1.19; 2.67)	0.005	1.77 (1.29; 2.44)	< 0.001
Monthly expenditure (Armenian dram - AMD)
Less than 200,000	1.00
From 201,000 to 300,000	1.40 (0.99; 2.00)	0.06
Over 300,000	2.13 (1.41; 3.21)	< 0.001
Perceived threat of COVID-19			1.15 (1.01; 1.31)	0.036	1.12 (1.00; 1.24)	0.044
Number of chronic non-communicable diseases (ranging from 1 to 13)					1.12 (0.99; 1.26)	0.07
Covid-19 Vaccination status
Not vaccinated					1.0
Vaccinated					0.53 (0.33; 0.86)	0.010

^aDelayed/ avoided either routine, urgent or both routine and urgent medical care
Statistically significant p-values are indicated in bold

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