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Table 4 Multinomial logistic regression analysis for factors associated with heart failure patients’ quality of life (with moderate HRQOL as the reference category)

From: Health-related quality of life and extent of self-care practice among heart failure patients in Ethiopia

Variables

Level of HRQOL

Good

Poor

Odds ratio

95% CI

p-value

Odds ratio

95% CI

p-value

Age (in years)

 < 50

1.11

0.43

2.88

0.826

1.32

0.58

2.99

0.507

 ≥ 50

_

   

_

   

Sex

 Female

0.93

0.39

2.16

0.857

1.32

0.66

2.61

0.432

 Male

_

   

_

   

Marital status

 Single

0.24

0.04

1.31

0.100

1.00

0.26

3.79

0.999

 Married

1.28

0.45

3.59

0.644

1.18

0.49

2.79

0.715

 Divorce

2.45

0.51

11.77

0.264

2.72

0.68

10.80

0.156

 Widowed

_

   

_

   

Educational level

 No formal Education

0.41

0.09

1.86

0.247

0.62

0.16

2.42

0.492

 1–8

0.49

0.11

2.31

0.368

0.56

0.15

2.18

0.406

 9–12

0.96

0.18

5.21

0.963

1.09

0.26

4.65

0.906

 College/University

_

   

_

   

Place of residence

 Rural

0.89

0.392

2.07

0.802

2.41

1.23

4.71

0.010*

 Urban

_

   

_

   

Chronic comorbidity

 None

1.33

0.60

2.93

0.479

0.54

0.28

1.04

0.067

 Yes

_

   

_

   

Hospitalization history

 No

1.55

0.75

3.23

0.238

1.12

0.60

2.08

0.727

 Yes

_

   

_

   

Self-care practice

 Inadequate

0.99

0.47

2.08

0.969

2.61

1.43

4.78

0.002*

 Adequate

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  1. *Statistically significant (p < 0.05)
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