Prevalence and Factors Associated with Perceived Stigma among Patients with Epilepsy in Ethiopia

Table 5

Factors associated with perceived stigma of people with epilepsy (bivariate and multivariate analysis).

Explanatory variables	Perceived stigma		Bivariate and multivariate analysis
	Yes	No	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Age
18–24	38	74	2.49 (1.01, 6.15)	2.84 (1.02, 7.92
25–34	40	96	2.02 (0.83, 4.94)	2.23 (0.82, 6.06)
35–44	23	34	3.29 (1.25, 8.67)	3.04 (0.34, 9.13)
≥45	7	34	1.00	1.00
Educational status
No formal education	22	23	2.99 (1.11, 8.03)	2.52 (0.84, 7.58)
1–8	49	96	1.59 (0.67, 3.79)	1.24 (0.47, 3.28)
9–12	29	94	0.96 (0.39, 2.37)	0.72 (0.27, 1.96)
12+	8	25	1.00	1.00
Residence
Rural	33	45	1.89 (1.12, 3.18)	0.65 (0.34, 1.22)
Urban	75	193	1.00	1.00
Difficulty in attending follow-up
Yes	23	11	5.58 (2.61, 11.95)	3.15 (1.19, 8.34
No	85	227	1.00	1.00
Difficulty in taking medication daily
Yes	18	10	4.56 (2.03, 10.26)	2.02 (0.70, 5.81)
No	90	228	1.00	1.00
Injury during seizure attack
Yes	53	81	1.87 (1.18, 2.93)	1.88 (1.12, 3.15
No	55	157	1.00	1.00
Contagion belief
Yes	20	20	2.48 (1.27, 4.83)	2.37 (1.10, 5.08
No	88	218	1.00	1.00

Statistically significant at value <0.05. Statistically significant at value <0.001.