Patients’ Experience on Practice and Applicability of Informed Consent in Traditional Medical Practice in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Table 4

Logistic regression on the association of IC scores and demographics.

	IC score				Total	Bivariate				Multivariable
	Low (<3)		High (≥3)			value	OR	95% CI		value	OR	95% CI
	n	%	n	%
Age of respondent (in years)
18–25	3	23.1	10	76.9	13	Ref	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref	Ref
26–35	18	36.0	32	64.0	50	0.38	0.53	0.13	2.19	0.20	0.38	0.09	1.67
36–45	11	28.9	27	71.1	38	0.68	0.74	0.17	3.20	0.28	0.41	0.08	2.03
46 and above	6	21.4	22	78.6	28	0.91	1.10	0.23	5.31	0.76	0.77	0.15	4.02
Gender
Male	12	24.5	37	75.5	49	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Female	26	32.5	54	67.5	80	0.33	0.67	0.30	1.50	0.63	0.80	0.33	1.96
Marital status
Single	31	38.3	50	61.7	81		Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Married/div/Sep.	7	14.6	41	85.4	48	0.004	3.63	1.45	9.10	0.02	3.24	1.20	8.74
Level of education
Primary/secondary	18	27.3	48	72.7	66		Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Tertiary	20	31.7	43	68.3	63	0.58	0.81	0.38	1.72	0.91	0.95	0.40	2.27
Occupation
Unemployed	18	38.3	29	61.7	47	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Self-employed	9	45.0	11	55.0	20	0.61	0.76	0.26	2.19	0.61	0.74	0.24	2.34
Employed	11	17.7	51	82.3	62	0.02	2.88	1.20	6.92	0.06	2.49	0.98	6.36

Note: div/Sep. = divorced or separated; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.