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Table 3 Factors associated with unmet healthcare needs before and after COVID-19

From: A comparison of factors associated with unmet healthcare needs in people with disabilities before and after COVID-19: a nationally representative population-based study

Variables

Categories

Before COVID-19

After COVID-19

B

S.E.

OR

95% CI

p

B

S.E.

OR

95% CI

p

Predisposing Factors

          

Sex

Female

0.404

0.14

1.50

1.15–1.96

< 0.001

0.167

0.12

1.18

0.94–1.49

0.155

(ref. Male)

          

Age

–0.007

0.01

0.99

0.98–1.01

0.316

–0.004

0.01

0.99

0.98–1.01

0.443

Spouse

No

–0.001

0.14

0.99

0.76–1.31

0.995

0.046

0.12

1.05

0.83–1.32

0.702

(ref. Yes)

          

Education

≤Elementary school

–0.139

0.26

0.87

0.52–1.46

0.596

0.223

0.22

1.25

0.82–1.92

0.308

Middle school

0.078

0.25

1.08

0.66–1.77

0.759

0.092

0.22

1.10

0.72–1.68

0.670

High school

–0.146

0.23

0.86

0.55–1.35

0.523

–0.067

0.19

0.94

0.65–1.36

0.723

(ref. ≥College)

          

Enabling Factors

          

Type of disability

Physical disability

0.391

0.29

1.48

0.83–2.63

0.183

0.479

0.23

1.62

1.03–2.54

0.038

(ref. Intellectual disability)

          

Degree of disability

Severe

–0.120

0.16

0.89

0.65–1.20

0.440

0.094

0.14

1.10

0.84–1.43

0.485

(ref. Mild)

          

Monthly household income

–0.001

0.00

1.00

0.99–1.00

0.190

0.000

0.00

1.00

0.99–1.00

0.801

Employment status

Employed

–0.107

0.15

0.90

0.67–1.21

0.486

–0.162

0.14

0.85

0.65–1.11

0.232

(ref. Unemployed)

          

National basic livelihood

Beneficiary

–0.190

0.17

0.83

0.59–1.16

0.272

–0.007

0.14

0.99

0.76–1.30

0.959

(ref. Non-beneficiary)

          

ADL dependency

–0.008

0.02

0.99

0.95–1.03

0.719

0.001

0.01

1.00

0.98–1.03

0.916

IADL dependency

0.065

0.02

1.07

1.02–1.12

0.003

0.043

0.02

1.04

1.01–1.08

0.004

Going outdoors independently

Yes

0.376

0.25

1.46

0.89–2.40

0.139

0.218

0.19

1.24

0.86–1.80

0.248

(ref. No)

          

Owned a car

Yes

–0.281

0.15

0.76

0.56–1.02

0.063

–0.120

0.13

0.89

0.69–1.15

0.357

(ref. No)

          

Experience of discrimination

–0.147

0.09

0.86

0.73–1.02

0.082

0.277

0.08

1.32

1.12–1.55

0.001

Satisfaction with medical staff’s understanding of disability

–0.174

0.09

0.84

0.71–0.99

0.042

0.018

0.10

1.02

0.83–1.24

0.856

Satisfaction with communication with medical staff

0.049

0.11

1.05

0.85–1.31

0.661

0.094

0.10

1.10

0.90–1.34

0.362

Satisfaction with medical institution facilities and equipment

–0.196

0.10

0.82

0.68–0.99

0.043

–0.167

0.10

0.85

0.70–1.02

0.082

Need Factors

          

Subjective health status

–0.479

0.09

0.62

0.52–0.74

< 0.001

–0.156

0.07

0.86

0.74–0.99

0.031

Chronic disease

Yes

0.002

0.22

1.00

0.66–1.54

0.992

1.043

0.16

2.84

2.08–3.87

< 0.001

(ref. No)

          

Depressive symptoms

Yes

0.525

0.16

1.69

1.24–2.31

0.001

0.778

0.14

2.18

1.65–2.87

< 0.001

(ref. No)

          

Regular medical care

Yes

–0.306

0.21

0.74

0.49–1.12

0.151

–0.692

0.16

0.50

0.37–0.68

< 0.001

(ref. No)

          

-2 Log likelihood

1,699.05

2,161.59

NagelkerkeR²

0.11

0.14

Hosmer–Lemeshow test

χ² = 6.57, p = 0.583

χ² = 3.77, p = 0.877

  1. Note. ADL = activities of daily living; B = unstandardized coefficient; CI = confidence interval; COVID = corona virus disease; IADL = instrumental activities of daily living; OR = odds ratio; ref.=reference; S.E.=standard error