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Table 3 Factors associated towards patients perception to nursing care at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital (HFSUH), Eastern Ethiopia, Feb 2017 (n = 281)

From: Patients expectation strongly associated with patients perception to nursing care: hospital based cross sectional study

Independent variables

Frequency

Level of perception

p-value

COR 95% CI

p-value

AOR 95% CI

Good

Poor

  

Sex

 Female

151

72

79

0.211

0.77 (0.513–1.158)

0.542

0.844 (0.489–1.456)

 Male

130

55

75

1

 

1

 

Occupation

 Civil servant

19

9

10

0.269

1.853 (0.62–5.526)

0.373

1.685 (0.535–5.312)

 Student**

65

26

39

0.175

1.547 (0.60–3.974)

0.032**

1.196 (1.132–3.312)

 Farmer

84

44

40

0.130

2.011 (0.81–4.96)

0.237

1.788 (0.68–4.685)

 Merchant

52

22

30

0.234

1.788 (0.68–4.657)

0.368

1.586 (0.58–4.328)

 Causal labor

41

19

22

0.196

1.929 (0.713–5.21)

0.358

1.630 (0.57–4.62)

 Unemployed

20

7

13

1

   

Ward admitted

 Medical**

86

31

55

0.001

0.357 (0.20–0.62)

0.009**

0.416 (0.21–0.80)

 Surgical

83

41

42

0.155

0.074 (0.39–1.16)

0.364

0.729 (0.37–1.44)

 Gynecology**

37

23

14

0.003

0.352 (0.17–0.702)

0.001**

0.268 (0.12–0.58)

 Obstetrics

75

41

34

1

   

Patient expectation

 Good**

172

74

98

0.019

2.5 (1.146–5.378)

0.01**

13.146 (11.31–17.5)

 Poor

109

53

56

1

   

Duration of stay in hospital (days)

 2–7

245

108

137

0.011

3.3 (1.89–6.43)

0.001**

1.21 (0.98–1.56)

 8–14

30

16

14

0.023

1.5 (1.25–2.24)

0.02**

3.4 (1.74–5.97)

 > 14

6

3

3

1

   
  1. ** Variables having significance difference to patients perception towards nursing care