Table 3 Factors affecting patients’ awareness of their rights, n = 400
Variables | Awareness level | P value | Multivariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good | Poor | aOR (95%CI) | aP-value | ||
Sex | 0.388 | ||||
Male | 103 (49.0%) | 107 (51.0%) | 0.81 (0.52-1.25) | 0.331 | |
Female† | 85 (44.7%) | 105 (55.3%) | |||
Age | 0.037 | ||||
18–30 | 66 (51.2%) | 63 (48.8%) | 2.24 (1.12–4.49) | 0.024 | |
31–45 | 55 (48.2%) | 59 (51.8%) | 1.72 (0.86- 3.41) | 0.123 | |
46–60 | 42 (52.5%) | 38 (47.5%) | 2.43 (1.18 5.01) | 0.016 | |
> 60† | 25 (32.5%) | 52 (67.5%) | 1 | ||
Marital status | 0.372 | ||||
Married | 132 (48.5%) | 140 (51.5%) | -- | -- | |
Not married | 56 (43.8%) | 72 (56.2%) | |||
Educational status | 0.014 | ||||
Primary education or less† | 41 (37.6%) | 68 (62.4%) | 1 | ||
Secondary education | 61 (44.9%) | 75 (55.1%) | 1.27 (0.71- 2.26) | 0.428 | |
University/college | 86 (55.5%) | 69 (44.5%) | 1.46 (0.80- 2.65) | 0.215 | |
Residency | 0.272 | ||||
Urban | 91 (50.0%) | 91 (50.0%) | -- | -- | |
Rural | 97 (44.5%) | 121 (55.5%) | |||
Occupation | 0.671 | ||||
Employed | 90 (45.9%) | 106 (54.1%) | -- | -- | |
Unemployed | 98 (48.0%) | 106 (52.0%) | |||
Insurance | 0.006 | ||||
No insurance | 25 (33.8%) | 49 (66.2%) | |||
Governmental | 124 (47.3%) | 138 (52.7%) | 1.89 (1.10–3.44) | 0.037 | |
Private | 39 (60.9%) | 25 (39.1%) | 2.49 (1.16–5.35) | 0.019 | |
No of Previous Hospital Admissions | 0.261 | ||||
Zero† | 49 (40.8%) | 71 (59.2%) | 1 | ||
Once - Twice | 57 (48.7%) | 60 (51.3%) | 1.61 (0.92- 2.82) | 0.098 | |
Three times and more | 82 (50.3%) | 81 (49.7%) | 2.00 (1.16–3.47) | 0.013 | |
Health Care setting | |||||
Non-governmental | 54 (56.3%) | 42 (43.8%) | 0.037 | 1.85 (1.10 3.12) | |
Governmental† | 134 (44.1%) | 170 (55.9%) | 1 | 0.022 | |
Being aware of the patient rights charter | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 88 (64.2%) | 49 (35.8%) | 3.10 (1.94–4.92) | < 0.001 | |
No† | 100 (38.0%) | 163 (62.0%) | 1 | ||