Practice and Associated Factors among Adult Residents towards Traditional Eye Medicine in Gondar City, North West Ethiopia

Table 3

Factors associated with traditional eye medicine practice in study participants among adult residents in Gondar city, North West Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 73, n = number of traditional eye medicine users in the past 2 years).

Variables	Category	Traditional eye medicine practice		COR (95%)	AOR (95%)
		Yes	No
Age (in year)	18–24	11	139	1.00
	25–30	16	165	1.23 (0.55–2.73)
	31–40	20	120	2.11 (0.97–4.57)
	41–88	26	103	3.19 (1.51–6.75)
Sex	Male	36	210	1.00
	Female	37	317	0.68 (0.42–1.11)
Marital status	Married	48	259	1.00	1.00
	Unmarried	25	268	0.50 (0.30–0.84)	0.48 (0.17–0.83)
Educational status	Illiterate	18	51	4.99 (2.33–10.71)	5.40 (5.30–12.3)
	Read and write	19	80	3.36 (1.61–7.02)	3.30 (1.60–10.8)
	Primary school	10	79	1.79 (0.76–4.20)	1.97 (1.02–8.30)
	Secondary school	12	119	1.43 (0.64–3.19)	1.41 (0.47–4.26)
	College and above	14	198	1.00	1.00
Religion	Christian	57	482	0.33 (0.18–0.63)
	Muslim	16	45	1.00
Occupation	Student	15	82	1.00
	House wife	14	95	0.81 (0.37–1.77)
	Merchant	13	102	0.7 (0.31–1.55)
	Employed	14	189	0.41 (0.19–0.88)
	Others	17	59	1.58 (0.73–3.40)
Income	High	43	383	1.00
	Low	30	144	1.86 (1.12–3.07)
Community leadership role	Yes	21	94	1.00
	No	52	433	1.86 (1.07–3.26)
Awareness of traditional eye medicine side effect	Yes	22	180	1.00
	No	51	347	1.20 (0.71–2.05)
Availability of traditional healer	Yes	43	100	6.12 (3.66–10.24)	2.84 (1.44–7.56)
	No	30	427	1.00	1.00
Health insurance	Yes	15	101	1.00
	No	58	426	0.92 (0.50–1.68)
A family history of traditional eye medicine use	Yes	28	98	7.04 (4.1811.84)	3.99 (1.84–8.67)
	No	45	429	1.00	1.00
Accessibility of modern eye care service	Yes	33	167	1.00	1.00
	No	40	360	2.61 (1.59–4.29)	2.11 (1.06–4.19)

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