Exploring emergency department visits: factors influencing individuals’ decisions, knowledge of triage systems and waiting times, and experiences during visits to a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia

Table 3 Logistic regression analysis of factors affecting patients’ triage knowledge

Variable	Category	P value	OR	95% C. I for OR
Variable	Category	P value	OR	Lower	Upper
Age group (years)	Under 20	0.337	2.21	0.44	11.11
	20–29	0.847	1.12	0.35	3.65
	30–39	0.368	1.65	0.55	4.94
	40–49	0.885	1.08	0.37	3.17
	50 and over*	1
Sex	Male	0.077	0.51	0.24	1.08
Sex	Female*	1
Education	Illiterate	0.634	1.31	0.44	3.92
	Completed high school	0.857	1.07	0.52	2.17
	Diploma	0.522	1.36	0.54	3.43
	Bachelor and higher*	1
Occupation	Unemployed	0.551	1.75	0.28	10.94
	Private work	0.178	4.55	0.50	41.34
	Health sector	0.947	0.92	0.09	9.39
	Military sector	0.374	2.45	0.34	17.60
	Government sector (not health)	0.726	1.44	0.19	11.25
	Private sector (not health)	0.078	6.87	0.81	58.52
	Other*	1
Marital status	Married	0.514	0.71	0.25	2.00
	Single	0.884	0.91	0.26	3.23
	Widowed/divorced*	1
Residence	In Riyadh	0.916	1.05	0.44	2.49
Residence	Outside Riyadh*	1
Family income (Saudi Riyal)	< 5000	0.423	1.50	0.56	4.06
	5000–9999	0.662	1.23	0.49	3.06
	From 10,000–14,999	0.93	0.96	0.34	2.69
	≥ 15,000	1

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