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Table 6 Factors affecting the quality of epilepsy care among adults at public hospitals in Arba Minch Town, January 2024

From: Quality of care and associated factors among patients with epilepsy at public hospitals in Arba Minch Town: a facility-based cross-sectional study

Quality of Epilepsy Care

Good quality (n = 213)

Poor quality care (n = 179)

COR

95% CI for COR

P value

AOR

95% CI for AOR

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

Good quality

Age

18–29 years

106

67

0.043

0.013

0.144

0.000

30.832

8.222

35.616*

30–39 years

86

60

0.048

0.014

0.160

0.000

18.417

5.016

67.613*

40–49 years

18

8

0.030

0.007

0.127

0.000

31.732

6.663

151.1

50 years and above

3

44

Ref

   

Ref.

  

Seizure frequency

Less than three

51

64

2.431

1.199

4.929

0.043

2.318

1.028

5.225*

Three to Five

131

99

1.464

0.759

2.826

0.702

0.862

0.404

1.841

Above Five

31

16

Ref

Ref.

  

Ref.

  

Patient knowledge

Good knowledge

104

162

Ref

   

Ref.

  

Poor Knowledge

109

17

9.988

5.663

17.614

0.000

0.107

0.057

0.202*

Patient adherence to treatment

Poor adherence

110

109

1.458

1.075

2.182

0.715

0.914

0.562

1.484

Good adherence

103

70

Ref.

   

Ref.

.

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  1. a. The reference category is: Poor quality