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Table 3 Factors associated with the preference of injury management among trauma patients with a fracture in Black Lion Hospital, 2018 (n = 224)

From: Preference of Traditional Bone Setting and associated factors among trauma patients with fracture at Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: institution based cross sectional study

Variables

Preference

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

TBS

MHF

Admission to a hospital for injury

 Yes

14

95

1.00

1.00

 

 No

53

62

5.801 (2.967, 11.339)

8.158 (1.179, 56.44)

0.033*

TBS center first port of call after injury

 Yes

61

53

1.00

1.00

0.001*

 No

6

104

0.050 (0.020, 0.123)

0.004 (0.001, 0.090)

 

Knowledge

 Knowledgeable

16

113

1.00

1.00

0.018*

 Not knowledgeable

51

44

8.186 (4.227, 15.852)

9.448 (1.481, 60.25)

 

TBS is better than health facility service (Perception)

 Yes

46

12

1.00

1.00

0.001*

 No

13

141

0.024 (0.010, 0.056)

0.026 (0.003, 0.215)

0.184

 Don’t know

8

4

0.522 (0.134, 2.029)

0.069 (0.001, 3.567)

 
  1. TBS Traditional Bone Setting, MHF modern health facility, COR Crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. * Statistically significant factors in multivariable analysis