Factors affecting patients’ awareness about aspects of patient rights Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021
Variable | Aware | Not aware | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | P value |
Educational status | |||||
Cannnot read and write | 45 | 35 | 1 | 1 | |
Read and write | 40 | 23 | 1.26(0.644 to 2.47) | 1.28 (0.62 to 2.66) | 0.5 |
Primary education | 72 | 24 | 2.469 (1.29 to 4.70) | 1.95 (0.89 to 4.23) | 0.091 |
Secondary education | 76 | 10 | 5.91 (2.67 to 13.07) | 3.88 (1.43 to 10.20) | 0.006* |
University/colleague | 65 | 2 | 25.27 (5.78 to 110.46) | 16.66 (3.00 to 92.47) | 0.001* |
Occupation | |||||
Professional | 52 | 3 | 5.03 (1.26 to 20.00) | 1.10 (.22 to 5.45) | 0.907 |
Trade | 59 | 19 | 0.90(0.36 to 2.22) | 0.552(0.20 to 1.50) | 0.244 |
Student | 65 | 8 | 2.73(0.93 to 8.02) | 2.23(0.670 to 7.44) | 0.191 |
Farming | 60 | 42 | 0.39(0.17 to 0.92) | 1.453(0.49 to 4.25) | 0.495 |
Unemployed | 31 | 13 | 0.692(0.25 to 1.85) | 0.607(.20 to 1.79) | 0.366 |
Elementary occupations | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
Residency | |||||
Urban | 222 | 39 | 4.38 (2.69 to 7.13) | 3.43 (1.54 to 7.65) | 0.003* |
Rural | 76 | 55 | 1 | 1 | |
No of once | 206 | 70 | 1 | 1 | |
Hospital twice | 62 | 22 | 0.958(0.54 to 1.67) | 1.26(0.68 to 2.38) | 0.435 |
Admission ≥3 times | 30 | 2 | 5.097 (1.188 to 21.878) | 10.13 (2.24 to 45.76) | 0.003* |
N=392.
*Association between independent variables and awareness of patient rights.