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Table 3 Odds ratios of having experienced poor quality of communication and having received little health information during the health examination

From: Health literacy and refugees’ experiences of the health examination for asylum seekers – a Swedish cross-sectional study

 

ORs of having experienced poor quality of communication

ORs of having received little health care information

Variables

Crudea OR (95 % CI)

ORb (95 % CI)

Crudea OR (95 % CI)

ORb (95 % CI)

 

Number of respondents/ analysis

 

Number of respondents/ analysis:168

Number of respondents/ analysis

Number of respondents/ analysis:164

Sex

270

    

262

    

 Men

 

1

 

1

  

1

 

1

 

 Women

 

1.06

(0.65–1.74)

1.34

(0.61–2.92)

 

0.87

(0.53–1.42)

0.57

(0.26–1.25)

Age

247

    

240

    

 18–24

 

1

 

1

  

1

 

1

 

 25–44

 

1.25

(0.62–2.51)

1.08

(0.43–2.74)

 

1.02

(0.51–2.01)

0.81

(0.33–2.00)

 44-

 

0.98

(0.42–2.29)

1.14

(0.35–3.70)

 

0.61

(0.27–1.39)

0.74

(0.24–2.23)

Education

271

    

263

    

 0–6 years

 

0.71

(0.42–1.21)

1.11

(0.47–2.63)

 

0.78

(0.47–1.30)

1.14

(0.51–2.58)

 ≤ 7 years

 

1

 

1

  

1

 

1

 

Country

235

    

222

    

 Iraq

 

1

 

1

  

1

 

1

 

 Other country

 

1.27

(0.53–3.02)

1.40

(0.40–4.95)

 

2.03

(0.85–4.83)

3.03

(0.85–10.71)

 Syria

 

0.72

(0.30–1.73)

0.60

(0.19–1.91)

 

1.03

(0.44–2.42)

0.72

(0.24–2.15)

 Afghanistan

 

1.33

(0.47–3.78)

0.66

(0.15–2.88)

 

2.10

(0.74–5.94)

0.90

(0.22–3.69)

 Somalia

 

0.92

(0.42–2.03)

0.61

(0.19–1.98)

 

1.27

(0.58–2.76)

0.99

(0.34–2.91)

Support by interpreter

250

    

243

    

 Yes

 

1

 

1

  

1

 

1

 

 No

 

0.36

(0.20–0.66)**

2.35

(1.00–5.48)*

 

3.16

(1.71–5.83)***

2.49

(1.08–5.75)*

FHL

250

    

244

    

 Inadeqate

 

1.50

(0.78–2.89)

0.81

0.25–2.67)

 

1.36

(0.71–2.61)

0.74

(0.25–2.22)

 Problematic

 

1.14

(0.50–2.50

0.86

(0.22–3.29)

 

1.20

(0.53–2.74)

0.60

(0.17–2.17)

 Sufficient

 

1

 

1

  

1

 

1

 

CHLm

275

    

266

    

 Inadequate

 

5.83

(2.96–11.49)***

9.64

(3.25–28.58)***

 

6.76

(3.44–13.30)***

6.54

(2.45–17.47)***

 Problematic

 

1.80

(0.87–3.73)

1.84

(0.63–5.37)

 

2.32

(1.14–4.72)*

3.39

(1.27–9.05)*

 Sufficient

 

1

 

1

  

1

 

1

 
  1. *Significant at p < 0.05; **Significant at p < 0.01; ***Significant at p < 0.001
  2. aCrude OR for explanatory factors considered
  3. bOR for included explanatory factors: sex, age, education, country, support of interpreter, FHL and CHL
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