Research Article

Adherence to Self-Care Recommendations and Associated Factors among Adult Heart Failure Patients in West Gojjam Zone Public Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 6

Logistic regression analysis result of factors significantly associated with adherence to heart failure SCRs in multivariate analysis in West Gojjam Zone public hospitals, Ethiopia, 2021.

VariablesSelf-care adherenceCOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI) value
GoodPoor

Age<3018157.9 (3.05, 20.58)2.73 (0.74, 10.12)0.134
30-4942397.1 (3.21, 15.74)3.37 (1.14, 9.89)0.028
50-6930842.3 (1.08, 5.17)2.09 (0.77, 5.73)0.150
≥70106611

Education levelNo formal education4318211
Primary school24119.2 (4.20, 20.29)3.22 (1.15, 8.99)0.026
High school22811.6 (4.8, 27.92)4.17 (1.36, 12.76)0.012
College/university11315.5 (4.15, 58.1)6.17 (1.22, 31.25)0.028

Depression symptomYes64011
No941643.8 (1.56, 9.35)6.1 (1.92, 19.37)0.002

KnowledgeGood knowledge27154.66 (2.35, 9.26)4.6 (1.82, 11.86)0.001
Poor knowledge7318911

Social supportPoor7280.3 (0.13, 0.73)0.56 (0.17, 1.92)0.360
Moderate11770.17 (0.09, 0.35)0.28 (0.12, 0.64)0.003
Strong829911

Note: value < 0.05 (significant association).