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. 2014 Nov 24;4(11):e005869. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005869

Table 5 .

Personal and professional factors associated with ADR reporting in the past 12 months among 1164 healthcare professionals who had been in post for at least 1 year, Uganda, 2013

Factor ADR reporter
Crude analysis
Adjusted analysis
Yes (%) N (%) OR 95% CI p Value OR 95% CI p Value
Level of health facility
 Other 36 (8.0) 413 (92.0) 1.0 1.0
 Hospital 128 (17.9) 587 (82.1) 2.5 1.69 to 3.70 <0.001 1.9 1.18 to 3.10 0.008
Type of health facility
 Public 91 (18.5) 402 (81.5) 1.0 1.0
 Private not-for-profit 40 (16.8) 198 (83.2) 0.9 0.59 to 1.34 0.585 0.8 0.50 to 1.23 0.286
 Private for-profit  33 (7.6) 400 (92.4) 0.4 0.24 to 0.56 <0.001 0.5 0.28 to 0.77 0.003
Region of the country
 Central 82 (15.9) 433 (84.1) 1.0 1.0
 Eastern  36 (9.7) 334 (90.3) 0.6 0.38 to 0.86 0.008 0.7 0.43 to 1.13 0.140
 Other 46 (16.5) 233 (83.5) 1.0 0.70 to 1.55 0.836 1.2 0.75 to 1.84 0.471
Professional cadre
 Nurse 93 (13.5) 597 (86.5) 1.0 1.0
 Non-nurse 71 (15.0) 403 (85.0) 1.1 0.81 to 1.58 0.470 0.8 0.55 to 1.18 0.264
Age
 Less than 30 years 70 (15.0) 396 (85.0) 1.0 1.0
 Aged 30 years or older 94 (13.5) 604 (86.5) 0.9 0.63 to 1.23 0.455 0.6 0.43 to 0.91 0.014
Patient load
 Greater than 30/day 84 (16.1) 439 (83.9) 1.0 1.0
 At most 30/day 80 (12.5) 561 (87.5) 0.7 0.54 to 1.04 0.081 0.9 0.61 to 1.27 0.510
Department
 Surgery 10 (11.5) 77 (88.5) 1.0 1.0
 Medicine 95 (16.3) 488 (83.7) 1.5 0.75 to 3.00 0.253 2.3 1.08 to 4.73 0.030
 Paediatrics, Obs&Gyn 18 (10.5) 153 (89.5) 0.9 0.40 to 2.06 0.065 0.8 0.36 to 1.95 0.675
 Other 41 (12.7) 282 (87.3) 1.1 0.54 to 2.34 0.147 1.6 0.73 to 3.50 0.243
Involved in medical research
 No 103 (12.6) 716 (87.4) 1.0 1.0
 Yes 61 (17.7) 284 (82.3) 1.5 1.06 to 2.11 0.023 1.3 0.88 to 1.87 0.191
Ever encountered fatal ADR
 No 98 (10.7) 820 (89.3) 1.0 1.0
 Yes 62 (27.1) 167 (72.9) 3.0 2.12 to 4.33 <0.001 2.9 1.94 to 4.25 <0.001
Knowing to whom to report
 No 62 (11.0) 504 (89.1) 1.0 1.0
 Yes 102 (17.1) 496 (82.9) 1.7 1.19 to 2.35 0.003 1.7 1.18 to 2.46 0.005
Suggestions for improved ADR reporting
 No 32 (10.6) 270 (89.4) 1.0 1.0
 Yes 132 (15.3) 730 (84.7) 1.5 1.01 to 2.30 0.044 1.6 1.04 to 2.49 0.032

ADR, adverse drug reaction; Obs&Gyn, Obstetrics and Gynaecology.