Proportion of Ophthalmic Self-Medication and Associated Factors among Adult Ophthalmic Patients Attending Borumeda Hospital, Dessie, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 3

Factors associated with ophthalmic self-medication among adult ophthalmic patients attending Borumeda Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia, June 2019 (n = 402).

Variables	Ophthalmic self-medication		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Yes	No
Age-group (years)
18–28	25	83	1.00	1.00
29–42	35	66	1.76 (0.96, 3.22)	2.19 (1.06, 4.52)
43–60	34	66	1.71 (0.93, 3.14)	1.69 (0.80, 3.57)
≥61	21	72	0.96 (0.50, 1.87)	0.89 (0.38, 2.09)
Health insurance
No	77	129	2.48 (1.57, 3.90)	4.29 (2.35, 7.84)
Yes	38	158	1.00	1.00
Previous history of ocular illness
Yes	67	98	2.69 (1.72, 4.19)	2.62 (1.53, 4.48)
No	48	189	1.00	1.00
Family or friends experience of ocular Illness
Yes	39	40	3.16 (1.90, 5.28)	2.65 (1.43, 4.92)
No	76	247	1.00	1.00
Availability eye medication bottle/tube at home
Yes	39	24	5.62 (3.18, 9.93)	4.59 (2.36, 8.92)
No	76	263	1.00	1.00
Travel distance to get eye care services
Far	94	206	1.76 (1.02, 3.01)	3.11 (1.58, 6.12)
Near	21	81	1.00	1.00
Knowledge
Poor	44	37	4.18 (2.51, 6.97)	6.22 (3.26, 11.85)
Good	71	250	1.00	1.00

; ; ; 1.00 = reference; CI = confidence interval.