Table 3.
Association of perceptions about not having trust in each other’s knowledge, skills, and professional integrity with background characteristics of physicians and journalists.
| Variables | Physicians (n=219)a | Journalists (n=200)b |
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AORc (95% CI) | P value | AOR (95% CI) | P value | |||||
| Age (years) | 1.1 (1-1.21) | .06 | 1.14 (1.07-1.22) | <.001 | |||||
| Years of professional experience | 0.91 (0.82-1.02) | .10 | 0.93 (0.87-1.00) | .06 | |||||
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Male (reference) | N/Ad | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
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Female | 0.45 (0.25-0.81) | .008 | 1.88 (0.96-3.67) | .07 | ||||
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Prefer not to say | 0 (0-0) | .99 | 4.58 (0.44-47.85) | .20 | ||||
| Physicians’ professional title | |||||||||
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Medical officer | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
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Junior consultant | 0.35 (0.11-1.15) | .09 | N/A | N/A | ||||
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Consultant | 0.43 (0.17-1.12) | .09 | N/A | N/A | ||||
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Specialist | 0.3 (0.13-0.71) | .006 | N/A | N/A | ||||
| Journalists’ professional title | |||||||||
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Correspondent | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
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Reporter | N/A | N/A | 3.19 (1.42-7.15) | .005 | ||||
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News editor | N/A | N/A | 3.34 (1.39-8.06) | .007 | ||||
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Others (eg, anchor, media manager) | N/A | N/A | 3.44 (0.75-15.76) | .11 | ||||
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Capital city (Dhaka) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
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Others divisional city | 0.59 (0.29-1.19) | .14 | 4.26 (1.67-10.88) | .002 | ||||
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District | 0.73 (0.38-1.41) | .35 | 3.56 (1.51-8.38) | .004 | ||||
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Upazilae and below | 0.55 (0.21-1.41) | .21 | 1.2 (0.43-3.36) | .73 | ||||
aModel parameters: Likelihood ratio (χ210)=24.62, P=.006; Pseudo R2=0.047.
bModel parameters: Likelihood ratio (χ210)=39.54, P=.001; Pseudo R2=0.081.
cAOR: adjusted odds ratio.
dN/A: not applicable.
eAn administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a subunit of a district.