Demographic characteristics (gender, age group, education, employment status, annual income) and their associations with previous diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea_
| Previous diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea | Univariate | Multivariate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristic | Yes | No | χ2 | P | DF | OR | 95% CI | χ2 | P | DF | |
| Gender | 26.66 | <0.0001 | 1 | 24.59 | <0.0001 | 1 | |||||
| Male | 20.2 | 79.8 | Ref | ||||||||
| Female | 9.3 | 90.7 | 0.38 | 0.26 | 0.56 | 24.59 | <0.0001 | ||||
| All | 8.4 | 48.6 | |||||||||
| Age group | 27.73 | <0.0001 | 5 | ||||||||
| 18–24 | 5.9 | 94.1 | |||||||||
| 25–34 | 9.6 | 90.4 | |||||||||
| 35–44 | 11.9 | 88.1 | |||||||||
| 45–54 | 16.1 | 83.9 | |||||||||
| 55–64 | 16.7 | 83.3 | |||||||||
| 65+ | 23.5 | 76.5 | |||||||||
| State | 14.32 | 0.05 | 7 | 15.42 | 0.03 | 7 | |||||
| New South Wales | 13.6 | 86.5 | Ref | ||||||||
| Queensland | 17.2 | 82.9 | 1.40 | 0.87 | 2.23 | 1.92 | 0.17 | ||||
| Victoria | 17.4 | 82.6 | 1.62 | 1.03 | 2.53 | 4.35 | 0.04 | ||||
| Western Australia | 9.7 | 90.3 | 0.81 | 0.40 | 1.64 | 0.33 | 0.56 | ||||
| Tasmania | 9.9 | 90.1 | 0.69 | 0.18 | 2.61 | 0.30 | 0.59 | ||||
| South Australia | 7.7 | 92.3 | 0.53 | 0.23 | 1.27 | 2.03 | 0.15 | ||||
| ACT | 25.2 | 74.8 | 2.39 | 0.84 | 6.83 | 2.66 | 0.10 | ||||
| Northern Territory | 33.2 | 66.8 | 3.44 | 0.89 | 13.27 | 3.21 | 0.07 | ||||
| Education | 3.81 | 0.58 | 5 | ||||||||
| Did not complete high school | 19.8 | 80.2 | |||||||||
| High school graduate | 13.6 | 86.5 | |||||||||
| TAFE | 15.8 | 84.2 | |||||||||
| Bachelor’s degree | 14.2 | 85.8 | |||||||||
| Master’s Degree | 10.6 | 89.4 | |||||||||
| Advanced Graduate work or Ph.D | 15.1 | 85.0 | |||||||||
| Employment | 44.01 | <0.0001 | 6 | 37.42 | <0.0001 | ||||||
| Working full time (more than 30 hr a week) | 11.2 | 88.9 | Ref | ||||||||
| Working part-time (8–30 hr a week) | 11.4 | 88.6 | 1.38 | 0.80 | 2.38 | ||||||
| Carer (of home, family, etc.,) | 12.5 | 87.5 | 1.76 | 0.81 | 3.81 | ||||||
| Student | 7.0 | 93.0 | 0.73 | 0.28 | 1.95 | ||||||
| Temporarily unemployed | 10.5 | 89.5 | 1.22 | 0.51 | 2.92 | ||||||
| Retired | 27.4 | 72.6 | 3.30 | 2.17 | 5.03 | ||||||
| Permanently unemployed | 12.0 | 88.1 | 1.01 | 0.33 | 3.10 | ||||||
| Household income | 9.85 | 0.02 | 3 | ||||||||
| Less than $24,999 | 19.7 | 80.3 | |||||||||
| $25,000–$49,999 | 18.4 | 81.6 | |||||||||
| $50,000–$99,999 | 11.8 | 88.2 | |||||||||
| $100,000 or more | 12.7 | 87.4 | |||||||||
Demographic characteristics (gender, age group, education, employment status, annual income) and their associations with significant Epsworth Sleepiness Scores_
| Epsworth Sleepiness Scale | Univariate | Multivariate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristic | ≥10 | <10 | χ2 | P | DF | OR | 95% CI | χ2 | P | DF | |
| Gender | 0.79 | 0.61 | 1 | 24.59 | <0.0001 | 1 | |||||
| Male | 13.5 | 86.5 | Ref | ||||||||
| Female | 11.0 | 89.0 | 0.80 | 0.60 | 1.06 | 2.35 | 0.13 | ||||
| All | 12.2 | 87.8 | |||||||||
| Age group | 10.77 | 0.06 | 5 | 15.52 | 0.01 | 5 | |||||
| 18–24 | 12.9 | 87.1 | Ref | ||||||||
| 25–34 | 15.5 | 84.5 | 0.92 | 0.55 | 1.55 | 0.09 | 0.76 | ||||
| 35–44 | 14.3 | 85.7 | 0.76 | 0.45 | 1.29 | 1.03 | 0.31 | ||||
| 45–54 | 10.2 | 89.8 | 0.54 | 0.31 | 0.94 | 4.81 | 0.03 | ||||
| 55–64 | 11.5 | 88.5 | 0.53 | 0.29 | 0.98 | 4.13 | 0.04 | ||||
| 65+ | 8.8 | 91.2 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 0.61 | 10.46 | 0.00 | ||||
| Education | 10.39 | 0.07 | 5 | ||||||||
| Did not complete high school | 10.6 | 89.4 | |||||||||
| High school graduate | 11.1 | 88.9 | |||||||||
| TAFE | 10.0 | 90.1 | |||||||||
| Bachelor’s degree | 14.7 | 85.4 | |||||||||
| Master’s Degree | 16.5 | 83.6 | |||||||||
| Advanced Graduate work or Ph.D | 16.5 | 83.5 | |||||||||
| Employment | 13.01 | 0.04 | 6 | 14.17 | 0.03 | 6 | |||||
| Working full time (more than 30 hr a week) | 15.5 | 84.5 | Ref | ||||||||
| Working part-time (8–30 hr a week) | 10.5 | 89.5 | 0.73 | 0.48 | 1.09 | 2.36 | 0.12 | ||||
| Carer (of home, family, etc.,) | 9.0 | 91.0 | 0.61 | 0.33 | 1.15 | 2.35 | 0.13 | ||||
| Student | 9.1 | 90.9 | 0.44 | 0.22 | 0.85 | 5.86 | 0.02 | ||||
| Temporarily unemployed | 9.7 | 90.3 | 0.57 | 0.30 | 1.08 | 2.93 | 0.09 | ||||
| Retired | 11.3 | 88.7 | 1.40 | 0.80 | 2.46 | 1.41 | 0.23 | ||||
| Permanently unemployed | 8.5 | 91.5 | 0.55 | 0.23 | 1.32 | 1.77 | 0.18 | ||||
| Household income | 1.59 | 0.66 | 3 | ||||||||
| Less than $24,999 | 13.5 | 86.5 | |||||||||
| $25,000–$49,999 | 11.0 | 89.1 | |||||||||
| $50,000–$99,999 | 11.9 | 88.1 | |||||||||
| $100,000 or more | 13.1 | 86.9 | |||||||||
Demographic characteristics (gender, age group, education, employment status, annual income) and their associations with awareness of paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea_
| Univariate | Multivariate | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristic | Yes | No | Don’t know | χ2 | P | DF | OR | 95% CI | χ2 | P | DF | |
| Gender | 20.64 | <0.0001 | 1 | 16.72 | <0.0001 | 1 | ||||||
| Male | 25.8 | 10.8 | 63.4 | Ref | ||||||||
| Female | 35.0 | 8.5 | 56.4 | 1.45 | 1.21 | 1.73 | 16.72 | <0.0001 | ||||
| All | 30.5 | 9.6 | 59.8 | |||||||||
| Age group | 61.72 | <0.0001 | 5 | |||||||||
| 18–24 | 34.8 | 9.0 | 56.2 | |||||||||
| 25–34 | 29.7 | 17.2 | 53.1 | |||||||||
| 35–44 | 29.3 | 14.3 | 56.4 | |||||||||
| 45–54 | 29.0 | 6.2 | 64.9 | |||||||||
| 55–64 | 31.9 | 6.7 | 61.4 | |||||||||
| 65+ | 30.4 | 3.4 | 66.3 | |||||||||
| Education | 42.44 | <0.0001 | 5 | 19.80 | 0.00 | 5 | ||||||
| Did not complete high school | 26.2 | 3.0 | 70.8 | Ref | ||||||||
| High school graduate | 30.5 | 8.3 | 61.2 | 1.44 | 1.02 | 2.05 | 4.18 | 0.04 | ||||
| TAFE | 28.9 | 9.1 | 62.0 | 1.39 | 0.99 | 1.96 | 3.61 | 0.06 | ||||
| Bachelor’s degree | 32.2 | 11.5 | 56.4 | 1.73 | 1.23 | 2.45 | 9.73 | 0.00 | ||||
| Master’s Degree | 33.0 | 19.1 | 48.0 | 2.19 | 1.43 | 3.35 | 13.15 | 0.00 | ||||
| Advanced Graduate work or Ph.D | 41.7 | 5.6 | 52.7 | 2.39 | 1.32 | 4.34 | 8.25 | 0.00 | ||||
| Employment | 38.71 | 0.00 | 6 | |||||||||
| Working full time (more than 30 hr a week) | 28.0 | 13.2 | 58.8 | |||||||||
| Working part-time (8–30 hr a week) | 31.2 | 9.5 | 59.3 | |||||||||
| Carer (of home, family, etc.,) | 37.3 | 11.1 | 51.6 | |||||||||
| Student | 36.2 | 10.5 | 53.3 | |||||||||
| Temporarily unemployed | 25.8 | 6.5 | 67.7 | |||||||||
| Retired | 32.0 | 4.0 | 64.0 | |||||||||
| Permanently unemployed | 28.6 | 5.7 | 65.7 | |||||||||
| Household income | 8.37 | 0.21 | 3 | |||||||||
| Less than $24,999 | 29.1 | 9.0 | 61.9 | |||||||||
| $25,000–$49,999 | 34.5 | 7.9 | 57.6 | |||||||||
| $50,000–$99,999 | 27.9 | 10.4 | 61.7 | |||||||||
| $100,000 or more | 31.5 | 10.5 | 58.0 | |||||||||
Demographic characteristics (gender, age group, education, employment status, annual income) and their associations with awareness of obstructive sleep apnoea_
| Univariate | Multivariate | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristic | Yes % | No % | χ2 | P | DF | OR | 95% CI | χ2 | P | DF | |
| Gender | 0.80 | 0.33 | 1 | 0.08 | 0.78 | 1 | |||||
| Male | 57.8 | 42.3 | Ref | ||||||||
| Female | 55.8 | 44.2 | 1.03 | 0.86 | 1.23 | 0.07 | 0.79 | ||||
| All | 56.7 | 43.3 | |||||||||
| Age group | 25.32 | 0.00 | 5 | 29.65 | <0.0001 | 5 | |||||
| 18–24 | 45.8 | 54.2 | Ref | ||||||||
| 25–34 | 54.9 | 45.1 | 1.23 | 0.88 | 1.73 | 1.47 | 0.23 | ||||
| 35–44 | 56.6 | 43.4 | 1.35 | 0.97 | 1.88 | 3.10 | 0.08 | ||||
| 45–54 | 54.7 | 45.3 | 1.36 | 0.98 | 1.90 | 3.31 | 0.07 | ||||
| 55–64 | 61.1 | 38.9 | 1.80 | 1.26 | 2.55 | 10.69 | 0.00 | ||||
| 65+ | 65.0 | 35.0 | 2.31 | 1.64 | 3.25 | 22.72 | <0.0001 | ||||
| Education | 27.85 | <0.0001 | 5 | 32.60 | <0.0001 | 5 | |||||
| Did not complete high school | 47.9 | 52.2 | Ref | ||||||||
| High school graduate | 52.5 | 47.5 | 1.34 | 0.95 | 1.88 | 2.81 | 0.09 | ||||
| TAFE | 55.8 | 44.3 | 1.53 | 1.09 | 2.13 | 6.16 | 0.01 | ||||
| Bachelor’s degree | 64.1 | 35.9 | 2.29 | 1.62 | 3.24 | 21.76 | <0.0001 | ||||
| Master’s Degree | 57.9 | 42.1 | 1.75 | 1.13 | 2.69 | 6.36 | 0.01 | ||||
| Advanced Graduate work or Ph.D | 72.8 | 27.2 | 3.26 | 1.67 | 6.38 | 11.98 | 0.00 | ||||
| Employment | 18.60 | 0.00 | 6 | ||||||||
| Working full time (more than 30 hr a week) | 56.8 | 43.3 | |||||||||
| Working part-time (8–30 hr a week) | 58.4 | 41.6 | |||||||||
| Carer (of home, family, etc.,) | 55.8 | 44.2 | |||||||||
| Student | 45.6 | 54.4 | |||||||||
| Temporarily unemployed | 52.2 | 47.8 | |||||||||
| Retired | 62.8 | 37.2 | |||||||||
| Permanently unemployed | 45.8 | 54.2 | |||||||||
| Household income | 11.49 | 0.01 | 3 | ||||||||
| Less than $24,999 | 48.3 | 51.7 | |||||||||
| $25,000–$49,999 | 59.6 | 40.5 | |||||||||
| $50,000–$99,999 | 56.7 | 43.3 | |||||||||
| $100,000 or more | 59.2 | 40.8 | |||||||||
Demographic characteristics of sample (n = 2016)_
| N (%) | |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 982 (48.71%) |
| Female | 1034 (51.29%) |
| Age | |
| 18–24 | 253 (12.55%) |
| 25–34 | 361 (17.91%) |
| 35–44 | 385 (19.10%) |
| 45–54 | 370 (18.35%) |
| 55–64 | 292 (14.48%) |
| 65+ | 355 (17.61%) |
| Highest qualification achieved | |
| Did not complete high school | 198 (9.82%) |
| High school | 490 (24.31%) |
| TAFE | 591 (29.32%) |
| Bachelor | 518 (25.69%) |
| Masters | 164 (8.13%) |
| PhD | 55 (2.73%) |
| Occupation status | |
| Full-time | 753 (37.35%) |
| Part-time | 359 (17.81%) |
| Carer | 142 (7.04% |
| Student | 154 (7.64%) |
| Temporarily unemployed | 124 (6.15%) |
| Retired | 414 (20.54%) |
| Permanently unemployed | 70 (3.47%) |
| Annual household income (AUD) | |
| <25,000 | 305 (15.13%) |
| 25–50,0000 | 476 (23.61%) |
| 50–100,000 | 728 (36.11% |
| >100,000 | 507 (25.15% |