Research Article
Health Service Utilization and Its Determinants among Senior Citizens in the Semiurban Area of Western Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 5
Factor association with health service utilization.
| | Variables | Utilized health services | value | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | value | Yes (238) | No (55) |
| Predisposing factors | Gender | | | | | | | Male | 105 (75.5) | 34 (24.5) | 0.018 | 2.05 (1.124–3.741) | 2.082 (1.111–3.902) | 0.022 | Female | 133 (86.4) | 21 (13.6) | | Ref | | | Ethnicity | | | | | | | Upper caste | 163 (87.2) | 24 (12.8) | 0.001 | 2.807 (1.54–5.11) | 3.129 (1.67–5.84) | <0.001 | Nonupper caste | 75 (70.8) | 31.29.2 | | Ref | | | Residency | | | | | | | Urban | 74 (92.5) | 6 (7.5) | 0.002 | 3.68 (1.51–8.98) | 4.312 (1.718–10.82) | 0.002 | Semiurban | 164 (77) | 49 (23) | | Ref | | |
| Enabling factors | Personal income | | | | | | | ≤10000 | 189 (78.4) | 52 (21.6) | 0.015 | Ref | Ref | 0.103 | >10000 | 49 (94.2) | 3 (5.8) | | 0.223 (0.067–0.743) | 2.279 (0.812–9.62) | | Family income per month | | | | | | | ≤50000 | 187 (77.9) | 53 (22.1) | 0.002 | Ref | Ref | 0.035 | >50000 | 51 (96.2) | 2 (2.8) | | 0.138 (0.033–0.587) | 4.852 (1.118–21.08) | | Family support | | | | | | | Yes | 221 (84.4) | 41 (15.6) | <0.001 | 4.44 (2.03–9.70) | 3.21 (1.45–7.09) | 0.004 | No | 17 (54.8) | 14 (45.2) | | Ref | | |
| Need factors | Self-perceived health | | | | | | | Medium/poor | 189 (84.8) | 34 (15.2) | 0.006 | 2.382 (1.271–4.465) | 0.861 (0.393–1.883) | 0.707 | Good | 49 (70) | 21 (30) | | Ref | | | Presence of chronic disease | | | | | | | Yes | 220 (84.3) | 41 (15.7) | <0.001 | 4.173 (1.92–9.049) | 2.90 (1.178–7.158) | 0.021 | No | 18 (56.2) | 14 (43.8) | | Ref | | | Under medication | | | | | | | Yes | 160 (87) | 24 (13) | 0.001 | 2.65 (1.46–4.82) | 2.04 (1.053–3.961) | 0.033 | No | 78 (71.6) | 31 (28.4) | | Ref | | |
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value significant at 0.05. |