Research Article
Routine Medical Check-Up and Self-Treatment Practices among Community-Dwelling Living in a Mountainous Area of Northern Vietnam
Table 4
Associated factors with a routine medical check-up.
| Factors | Routine medical check-up | OR | | 95% CI |
| Ethnic | | | | | Kinh | Ref | | | | Tay | 0.6 | 0.43 | 0.1 | 2.2 | Dao | 0.2 | 0.07 | 0.0 | 1.2 | Muong | 0.8 | 0.80 | 0.2 | 3.2 | Gender | | | | | Male | Ref | | | | Female | 0.7 | 0.46 | 0.3 | 1.8 | Job | | | | | Famer | Ref | | | | Others | 0.4 | 0.26 | 0.1 | 1.8 | Education | | | | | Elementary | Ref | | | | Secondary | 0.3 | 0.14 | 0.1 | 1.5 | High school and above | 0.2 | 0.08 | 0.0 | 1.2 | Health insurance | | | | | No | Ref | | | | Yes | 2.9 | 0.21 | 0.6 | 14.7 | Receiving medical information from relatives/friends | | | | | No | Ref | | | | Yes | 2.0 | 0.23 | 0.6 | 6.0 | Receiving medical information from television, radio | | | | | No | Ref | | | | Yes | 3.3 | 0.02 | 1.2 | 9.5 | Receiving medical information from the loudspeaker | | | | | No | Ref | | | | Yes | 0.4 | 0.09 | 0.1 | 1.2 | Receiving medical information from a medical worker | | | | | No | Ref | | | | Yes | 0.7 | 0.78 | 0.1 | 8.1 | Receiving medical information from social media | | | | | No | Ref | | | | Yes | 24.8 | 0.04 | 1.2 | 512.4 | Number of people living in a household | 0.9 | 0.64 | 0.7 | 1.2 | Number of acute diseases | 1.0 | 0.74 | 0.7 | 1.3 | Number of chronic diseases | 1.5 | 0.03 | 1.0 | 2.3 | Distance to the nearest facility (km) | 1.1 | 0.22 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
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