Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Disposal Practice of Unused and Expired Pharmaceuticals in Community of Adigrat City, Northern Ethiopia

Table 3

Multivariate logistic regression analysis results of sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents associated with their knowledge about the disposal of unused and expired medication in Adigrat city, Northern Ethiopia, 2019.

Characteristics		COR		AOR
		COR (CI95%)	-value	AOR (CI 95%)	-value
Sex	Male	1.010 (0.65–1.535)	0.964	0.825 (0.499–1.366)	0.456
	Female	1.00		1.00
Age (in years)	18–24	2.016 (1.243–3.270)	0.004	1.824 (0.875–3.798)	0.109
	25–31	1.404 (0.819–2.405)	0.217	1.506 (0.800–2.833)	0.204
	>31	1.00		1.00
Marital status	Single	0.741 (0.212–2.583)	0.638	0.767 (0.189–3.111)	0.711
	Married	0.377 (0.110–1.292)	0.121	0.528 (0.134–2.083)	0.361
	Divorced	0.500 (0.068–3.696)	0.497	0.826 (0.087–7.856)	0.868
	Widowed	1.00		1.00
Profession/occupation	Governmental Employee	0.964 (0.059–15.805)	0.979	0.980 (0.051–18.962)	0.990
	Self-employed	0.928 (0.057–15.141)	0.958	1.226 (0.065–23.011)	0.892
	Housewife	0.611 (0.035–10.794)	0.737	1.448 (0.067–31.230)	0.813
	Farmer	1.667 (0.074–37.728)	0.748	10.024 (0.299-336.469)	0.199
	Student	1.394 (0.084–23.099)	0.817	2.388 (0.118–48.405)	0.571
	Other	1.00		1.00
Monthly income (in ETB birr)	≤ 1380	0.429 (0.038–4.825)	0.493	0.174 (0.013–2.362)	0.189
	1381–6900	0.457 (0.041–5.142)	0.526	0.387 (0.031–4.850)	0.462
	6901–13800	1.231 (0.103–14.778)	0.870	1.262 (0.099–16.233)	0.856
	>13800	1.00		1.00
Education	Illiterate	0.253 (0.107–0.597)	0.002	0.338 (0.102–1.121)	0.076
Level	Primary school [1–8]	0.379 (0.182–0.788)	0.009	0.581 (0.235–1.433)	0.238
	Secondary school (9-12)	0.728 (0.453–1.171)	0.191	0.892 (0.497–1.600)	0.700
	College/university and above	1.00		1.00
Religion	Orthodox	11.139 (1.410–87.996)	0.022	10.797 (1.205–96.717)	0.033
	Muslim	3.333 (0.292–38.082)	0.333	3.599 (0.266–48.641)	0.335
	Protestant	0.000	0.999	0.000	1.000
	Catholic	1.00		1.00

The relationship is significant at .