Table 3 Factors associated with client’s positive perception of online counselling: logistic regression
From: Effectiveness of online counselling during COVID-19 in Zambia: clients' and therapists' perspectives
| Â | (1) |
|---|---|
VARIABLES | efficacious |
Age of client (Reference: < 25) | |
 25–30 | 0.592 (0.656) |
 31–34 | -0.287 (0.914) |
 35–40 | 0.143 (0.674) |
 41–44 | 0.002 (0.724) |
 45–50 | -1.586* (0.932) |
  > 50 | -1.423 (0.867) |
Sex (1 = Female) | 0.842* (0.445) |
Taken counselling before COVID | 0.486 (0.450) |
ICT tool used (Reference: other) | |
 Phone calls | 2.802* (1.607) |
 Texting (0/1) | -1.850 (1.537) |
 Video conferencing (0/1) | 0.638 (1.591) |
 Counsellor prepared but not satisfactorily (0/1) | -1.058** (0.494) |
 Therapist prepared (0/1) | 2.997*** (0.979) |
 Constant | 0.325 (1.332) |
 Observations | 240 |