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

Table 4

Associated factors of at unfavorable attitude towards people living with epilepsy, 2019.

Variable		Attitude		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Favorable	Unfavorable
Sex	Male	221	121	1	1
	Female	139	125	1.56 (1.12, 2.17)	0.80 (0.59, 1.34)
Age	18–35	237	135	1	1
	35–45	67	63	1.65 (1.10, 2.47)	0.97 (0.57, 1.64)
	>45	46	48	1.83 (1.16, 2.89)	0.88 (0.46, 1.68)
Income	<1000	33	50	3.24 (1.94, 5.4)	2.52 (1.34, 4.70)
	1000–2999	133	110	1.77 (1.2, 2.5)	1.40 (0.90, 2.14)
	>3000	184	86	1	1
Educational status	Lack of modern education	40	76	5.57 (3.44, 9.01)	2.09 (1.1, 4.44)
	1–8	51	44	2.53 (1.54, 4.16)	1.26 (0.66, 2.41)
	9–12	80	65	2.38 (1.59, 3.69)	1.74 (0.90, 3.00)
	Grade 12 and above	179	61	1	1
Marital status	Single	180	83	2.07 (1.4, 2.91)	1.39 (0.80, 2.41)
	Married	170	163	1	1
Family role	Family head	201	185	1	1
	Son or daughter	60	31	0.52 (0.31, 0.86)	0.58 (0.25, 1.38)
	Living alone	89	30	0.39 (0.25, 0.61)	0.43 (0.22, 0.83)
Occupation	Farmer and housewife	31	67	5.23 (3.10, 8.83)	2.04 (0.97, 4.28)
	Private worker	101	69	1.65 (1.07, 2.54)	1.28 (0.74, 2.20)
	Daily laborer	33	28	2.05 (1.14, 3.70)	0.96 (0.43, 2.13)
	Student	42	23	1.32 (0.73, 2.39)	1.80 (0.75, 4.30)
	Government	143	59	1	1
Witnessed seizure	Yes	311	164	1	1
	No	39	82	3.98 (2.6, 6.1)	2.27 (1.35, 3.80)
Family with epilepsy	Yes	34	12	1	1
	No	316	234	2.09 (1.06, 4.13)	1.53 (0.73, 3.2)
Friend with epilepsy	Yes	105	46	1	1
	No	245	200	1.86 (1.25, 2.76)	1.24 (0.73, 2.20)
Heard the term epilepsy	Yes	341	205	1	1
	No	9	41	7.57 (3.6, 15.9)	4.73 (2.04, 11.00)
Walking time	<30 min	297	186	1	1
	30–61 min	53	60	1.8 (1.19, 2.73)	1.77 (1.06, 2.79)

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