Research Article

Patient Delay in Hospital Visiting and the Weekend Effect of Surveillance Report on Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Epidemic Parotitis in Hanzhong City, China

Table 4

Multivariable logistic regressions on associations of influencing factors with patients delayed in hospital visiting for hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) and epidemic parotitis.

DiseaseFactorsn (%)BSEWalsSig.OR95% CI for the OR
Lower limitUpper limit

HFMDYear
20141990 (39.3)Ref
20151504 (47.3)0.2980.04641.449<0.0011.3471.2301.475
20161628 (44.6)0.1470.04510.6810.0011.1581.0611.265
20171265 (43.4)0.1450.0489.2540.0021.1561.0531.270
Gender
Male3728 (42.9)Ref
Female2659 (43.5)0.0250.0340.5250.4691.0250.9591.096
Classification of disease
Clinically diagnosed cases6154 (43.0)−0.1710.0923.4450.0630.8430.7041.010
Confirmed cases233 (46.3)Ref
Occupation
Children in childcare1621 (36.7)Ref
Children not in childcare4437 (45.7)0.3450.04269.044<0.0011.4121.3021.532
Students292 (46.2)0.2790.1096.5950.0101.3221.0681.637
Peasants and others37 (66.1)0.5130.3542.0990.1471.6710.8343.346
Age
<1 year735 (46.2)Ref
1–4 years4924 (43.0)−0.0090.0550.0350.8760.9910.8901.105
5–10 years618 (39.0)0.0010.0890.0010.9951.0010.8411.191
>10 years110 (61.1)0.6400.2228.3240.0041.8971.2282.931
Epidemic season
Yes4887 (41.7)−0.2460.04235.122<0.0010.7820.7210.848
No1500 (48.3)Ref
Epidemic parotitisYear
2014216 (27.9)Ref
2015192 (35.0)0.3510.1218.4230.0041.4201.1211.800
2016385 (37.7)0.4830.10421.458<0.0011.6211.3221.989
2017670 (40.1)0.5560.09633.708<0.0011.7431.4452.102
Gender
Male827 (36.5)Ref
Female636 (36.4)−0.0330.0680.2340.6280.9680.8481.105
Classification of disease
Clinically diagnosed cases1448 (36.4)−0.3920.3591.1930.2750.6760.3341.365
Confirmed cases15 (46.9)Ref
Occupation
Children in childcare209 (31.5)Ref
Children not in childcare90 (35.3)0.1890.1721.2090.2721.2080.8631.691
Students950 (37.1)0.1120.1210.8560.3551.1180.8831.416
Peasants and others214 (40.2)0.1660.1660.4790.4891.1220.8101.555
Age
<1 year4 (50.0)Ref
1–4 years168 (32.8)−0.6780.7240.8780.3490.5080.1232.097
5–10 years738 (34.9)−0.6480.7360.7750.3790.5230.1242.213
>10 years553 (40.1)−0.4260.7410.3310.5650.6530.1532.790
Epidemic season
Yes902 (35.2)−0.1630.0695.6370.0180.8490.7420.972
No561 (38.7)Ref