Table 2.
Variables associated with physicians’ knowledge related to MRSA
| Univariable analysis | Multivariable analysisb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less knowledge (0–3 points) | More knowledge (4–7 points) | p | OR (95 % Confidence interval) | OR (95 % Confidence interval) | p (Wald test) | |
| n (%)a | n (%)a | |||||
| 36 (45.6 %) | 43 (54.4 %) | |||||
| Age | 0.701 | 0.8 (0.5–1.4) per ten years increase | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 52 (46–59) | 52 (45–57) | ||||
| Sex | 0.090 | |||||
| Female | 13 (39.4 %) | 9 (21.4 %) | 0.4 (0.1–1.1) | |||
| Male | 20 (60.6 %) | 33 (78.6 %) | 1 | |||
| Professional experience in years | 0.909 | 0.9 (0.6–1.5) per 10 years increase | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 13 (8–24) | 14.5 (8–22) | ||||
| Discipline | 0.163 | |||||
| General practitioner | 24 (72.7 %) | 24 (57.1 %) | 1 | |||
| Other specialist | 9 (27.3 %) | 18 (42.9 %) | 2 (0.7–5.3) | |||
| Member of a MRSA-Network | 0.135 | |||||
| Yes | 2 (5.6 %) | 7 (16.3 %) | 3.3 (0.6–17.0) | |||
| No | 34 (94.4 %) | 36 (83.7 %) | 1 | |||
| MRSA–certificate | 0.005 | |||||
| Yes | 8 (22.2 %) | 23 (53.5 %) | 4.0 (1.5–10.8) | |||
| No | 28 (77.8 %) | 20 (46.5 %) | 1 | |||
| Subjectiv relevance for physician’s work | 0.001 | 1.3 (1.1–1.6) per one point increase | 1.4 (1.1–1.7) per one point increase | 0.002 | ||
| Median (IQR) | 3.5 (1.5;7) | 7 (5;8) | ||||
| Number of MRSA carriers last 12 months | 0.030 | 1.7 (0.9–3.3) per increase of 10 | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 5 (1.5;7) | 6 (4;10) | ||||
| Number of screenings in the last 12 months | 0.019 | 1.1 (0.8–1.6) per increase of 10 | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 2 (0;4) | 3 (1;10) | ||||
| Number of decolonizations | 0.0625 | 1.4 (0.8–2.5) per 10 increase | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 2 (0;4.5) | 4 (1;10) | ||||
| Satisfaction with refunding | 0.008 | |||||
| Content | 1 (3.9 %) | 11 (26.2 %) | 1 | |||
| Discontent | 7 (26.9 %) | 17 (40.5 %) | 0.2 (0.0–2.0) | |||
| Don’t know | 18 (69.2 %) | 14 (33.3 %) | 0.1 (0.0–0.6) | |||
a Differences to total N due to missing values
b Logistic regression with forward selection of variables; mutually adjusted for all variables with reported ORs in the table