Public Knowledge and Attitude towards Epilepsy and Its Associated Factors: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study, Ethiopia, 2019

Table 3

Associated factors of poor knowledge about epilepsy, 2019.

Variable		Knowledge		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Good	Poor
Age	18–35	234	138	1	1
	35–45	67	63	1.59 (1.06, 2.39)	0.95 (0.58, 1.57)
	>45	35	59	2.86 (1.79, 4.56)	1.37 (0.74, 2.53)
Income	<3000	37	46	1	1
	≥3000	299	214	0.58 (0.36, 0.92)	0.78 (0.45, 1.37)
Occupation	Farmer or housewife	30	68	4.47 (2.66, 7.51)	1.39 (0 .69, 2.79)
	Private workers	95	75	1.56 (1.02, 2.37)	1.07 (0.64, 1.79)
	Daily laborer	34	27	1.56 (0.87, 2.80)	0.77 (0.36, 1.64)
	Student	43	22	1.01 (0.56, 1.82)	0.92 (0.41, 2.06)
	Gov’t employee	134	68	1	1
Educational status	Lack of modern education	32	84	6.92 (4.21, 11.36)	3.74 (1.80, 7.70)
	1–8	52	43	2.18 (1.33, 3.57)	1.45 (0.78, 2.69)
	9–12	78	67	2.26 (1.47, 3.49)	2.13 (1.27, 3.59)
	>12	174	66	1	1
Marital status	Single	178	85	1	1
	Married	158	175	2.32 (1.66, 3.24)	1.88 (1.20, 3.21)
Family role	Family head	192	194	1	1
	Son or daughter	57	34	0.59 (0.37, 0.94)	1.45 (0.67, 3.15)
	Living alone	87	32	0.36 (0.23, 0.57)	0.70 (0.37, 1.32)
Witnessed a seizure	Yes	291	184	1	1
	No	45	76	2.67 (1.77, 4.03)	1.79 (1.10, 2.90)
Heard epilepsy	Yes	322	224	1	1
	No	14	36	3.70 (1.95, 7.01)	2.67 (1.27, 5.59)

value <0.05, value ≤0.001, COR = crude odds ratio, and AOR = adjusted odds ratio.