Table 3: Patient-related factors associated with incorrect immunobiological drug storage temperature.

Variable n (%) Storage Temperature PR-crude
(95% CI)
p-value
Incorrect Correct - -
Education level - - - - -
Illiterate 5 (8.3) 5 (100.0) 0 1.00 -
Primary 14 (23.3) 10 (71.4) 4 (28.6) 0.71 (0.51-0.99) 0.048
Secondary 17 (28.3) 12 (70.6) 5 (29.4) 0.70 (0.51-0.96) 0.027
Higher 24 (40.1) 12 (50.0) 12 (50.0) 0.50 (0.33-0.74) 0.001
Age range - - - - -
17 to 40 years 12 (20.0) 8 (66.7) 4 (33.3) 1.05 (0.64-1.74) 0.82
41 to 59 years 21 (35.0) 14 (66.7) 7 (33.3) 1.05 (0.69-1.61) 0.79
60 to 84 years 27 (45.0) 17 (63.0) 10 (37.0) 1.00 -
Employed - - - - -
Yes 41 (68.3) 24 (58.5) 17 (41.5) 0.74 (0.52-1.04) 0.12
No 19 (31.7) 15 (78.9) 4 (21.1) 1.00 -
Monthly income - - - - -
None 16 (27.1) 12 (75.0) 4 (25.0) 1.00 -
1 to 3 xMW 28 (47.5) 18 (64.3) 10 (35.7) 0.85 (0.57-1.27) 0.45
4 or more xMW 15 (25.4) 9 (60.0) 6 (40.0) 0.80 (0.48-1.32) 0.38
Adverse reaction - - - - -
Yes 12 (20.0) 7 (58.3) 5 (41.7) 0.87 (0.52-1.46) 0.58
No 48 (80.0) 32 (66.7) 16 (33.3) 1.00 -
Rheumatic disease activity - - - - -
Remission/low 33 (55.0) 16 (48.5) 17 (51.5) 1.00 -
Moderate/high 27 (45.0) 23 (85.2) 4 (14.8) 1.76 (1.19-2.58) 0.003

Legend: xMW=times the minimum wage.