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Table 6 Main and interactive effects between health risk perception and spontaneous adaptation behaviors to heat waves on heatstroke experience in the public of Guangdong Province

From: Associations between risk perception, spontaneous adaptation behavior to heat waves and heatstroke in Guangdong province, China

 

Heat stroke experience in the past one year

 

Controls N (%)

Cases N (%)

Model I

Model II

Model III

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR†(95% CI)

Adjusted OR†(95% CI)

  Health risk perception of heat waves

     

  Low impact

315(97.5)

8(2.5)

1

1

 

  Moderate impact

1336(93.8)

89(6.2)

2.63(1.26–5.46)

2.93(1.38–6.22)

 

  High impact

382(88.0)

52(12.0)

5.36(2.51–11.45)

10.58(4.74–23.63)

 

  Number of spontaneous adaptation behaviors to heat waves

     

  <4

510(89.5)

60(10.5)

1

1

 

  4–7

1060(94.8)

58(5.2)

0.47 (0.32–0.68)

0.38 (0.25–0.57)

 

  >7

463(93.7)

31(6.3)

0.57 (0.36–0.89)

0.47 (0.28–0.78)

 

  Health risk perception × numbers of spontaneous adaptation behaviors to heat waves

     

  Low impact×<4 adaptation behaviors

157(98.1)

3(1.9)

  

1

  Low impact×4–7 adaptation behaviors

115(97.5)

3(2.5)

  

1.39(0.27–7.10)

  Low impact×>7 adaptation behaviors

43(95.6)

2(4.4)

  

3.40(0.54–21.43)

  Moderate impact×<4 adaptation behaviors

331(90.7)

34(9.3)

  

4.99(1.50–16.63)

  Moderate impact×4–7 adaptation behaviors

725(95.3)

36(4.7)

  

2.25(0.68–7.47)

  Moderate impact×>7 adaptation behaviors

280(93.6)

19(6.4)

  

3.58(1.03–12.44)

  High impact×<4 adaptation behaviors

22(48.9)

23(51.1)

  

47.46(12.82–175.73)

  High impact×4–7 adaptation behaviors

220(92.1)

19(7.9)

  

6.86(1.95–24.80)

  High impact×>7 adaptation behaviors

140(93.3)

10(6.7)

  

5.46(1.43–20.80)

  P for interaction of high impact×4–7 adaptation behaviors

    

0.014

  P for interaction of high impact×>7 adaptation behaviors

    

0.001

  1. † Logistic regression adjustment for age, gender, education, occupation, family income and residential area.