Components of peritonitis preventive self-care education programs associated with self-care knowledge and behavior among patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis in Japan: a cross-sectional study

Table 5 Multivariate analysis of factors associated with patients’ self-care knowledge and behavior

	Basic knowledge^a (n = 140)					Advanced knowledge^a (n = 140)					Self-care behavior^b (n = 143)
	OR	(95% CI)			p	OR	(95% CI)			p	OR	(95% CI)			p
Patient-level characteristics
Age	1.01	0.98	−	1.03	0.678	0.98	0.96	−	1.00	0.019	1.00	0.96	−	1.03	0.805
Education level	1.25	0.93	−	1.68	0.136	1.18	0.94	−	1.49	0.150	0.88	0.61	−	1.27	0.493
Working status (ref. not working)	1.10	0.61	−	1.98	0.758	1.55	0.97	−	2.50	0.069	1.02	0.46	−	2.29	0.953
Social support	1.33	1.10	−	1.61	0.003	1.17	0.97	−	1.41	0.104	1.61	1.14	−	2.28	0.007
Hospital-level characteristics and components of self-care education programs
Number of PD patients	1.00	0.98	−	1.01	0.813	1.00	0.99	−	1.01	0.711	1.01	0.99	−	1.03	0.587
Evaluation of patient's learning level	0.97	0.88	−	1.06	0.475	1.01	0.93	−	1.09	0.801	1.00	0.88	−	1.13	0.944
Re-education during the follow-up period	1.11	1.01	−	1.22	0.025	0.96	0.88	−	1.04	0.286	1.04	0.90	−	1.19	0.605
Nurse monitoring peritonitis rate	0.80	0.44	−	1.46	0.470	1.54	0.91	−	2.63	0.111	1.21	0.51	−	2.88	0.659
Sharing information^c with relevant departments	1.28	0.70	−	2.34	0.431	1.66	1.01	−	2.74	0.047	1.33	0.58	−	3.06	0.496
Home visit before discharge	1.09	0.92	−	1.30	0.334	1.16	1.01	−	1.34	0.038	1.29	1.02	−	1.64	0.031
Nagelkerke R²	0.159					0.237					0.182

Basic knowledge and advanced knowledge were the total number of items answered correctly, used as ordinal scales. The total score of self-care behavior was recoded to dichotomous variables by median (≤ 32 into 0 and > 32 into 1)
95% CI 95% confidential interval, OR odds ratio, PD peritoneal dialysis
^aMultivariate ordinal logistic regression analysis using the forced entry method
^bMultivariate binary regression analysis using the forced entry method
^cInformation related to peritoneal dialysis associated peritonitis

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