Table 2.
Predictors of wearing protective clothing to prevent tick bites
|
Characteristics |
Wearing protective clothing (often/always) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Univariate |
Multivariate |
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| Row% | OR | 95% CI | p-Value | OR | 95% CI | p-Value | |
|
Employment status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| employed |
31 |
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
| unemployed/retired |
46 |
1.96 |
1.27-3.03 |
0.002 |
1.96 |
1.24-3.08 |
0.004 |
|
Knowledge |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1-3 statements correct |
33 |
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
| 4-5 statements correct |
46 |
1.80 |
1.15-2.81 |
0.01 |
1.69 |
1.07-2.68 |
0.03 |
|
Feelings of concern |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| not (at all) worried (1-2) |
28 |
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
| a bit/(very) worried (3-5) |
45 |
2.07 |
1.34-3.21 |
0.001 |
2.22 |
1.41-3.51 |
0.001 |
|
Perceived efficacy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| certainly not, probably not, even (1-3) |
17 |
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
| certainly/probably (4-5) | 39 | 3.15 | 1.27-7.80 | 0.01 | 2.97 | 1.17-7.54 | 0.02 |
Gender, age, education, children in household, ethnicity, region of residence in the Netherlands, experienced tick bites in past, frequency of visiting nature, perceived severity (2 items) and perceived vulnerability (2 items) were not univariately associated with wearing protective clothing.