Table 4.
Variables associated with MRSA carriers’ 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 | |
| n (%)a | n (%)a | |||||
| 82 (54.7 %) | 68 (45.3) | |||||
| Age | 0.7 (0.5–0.9) per 10 year increase | 0.7 (0.5–1.0) per 10 year increase | 0.049 | |||
| Median (IQR) in years | 74 (65–79.5) | 66 (53–77) | 0.011 | |||
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 35 (43.8 %) | 32 (48.5 %) | 0.568 | 1.2 (0.6–2.3) | ||
| Male | 45 (56.3 %) | 34 (51.5 %) | 1 | |||
| Education | ||||||
| Low | 53 (72.6 %) | 30 (47.6 %) | 0.011 | 1 | ||
| Intermediate | 12 (16.4 %) | 18 (28.6 %) | 2.6 (1.1–6.2) | |||
| High | 8 (11.0 %) | 15 (23.8 %) | 3.3 (1.3–8.7) | |||
| Migration Background | ||||||
| Yes | 11 (13.9 %) | 4 (5.9 %) | 0.108 | 0.4 (0.1–1.3) | ||
| No | 68 (86.1 %) | 64 (94.1 %) | 1 | |||
| Source of Information | ||||||
| Internet | ||||||
| Yes | 9 (11.0 %) | 25 (36.8 %) | <0.0001 | 5.4 (2.0–11.0) | 5.0 (1.8–14.0) | 0.002 |
| No | 73 (89.0 %) | 43 (63.2 %) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Newspaper | ||||||
| Yes | 8 (9.8 %) | 14 (20.6 %) | 0.015 | 2.4 (0.9–6.1) | 5.4 (1.6–17.5) | 0.005 |
| No | 74 (90.2 %) | 54 (79.4 %) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Television/Radio | ||||||
| Yes | 7 (8.5 %) | 13 (19.1 %) | 0.058 | 2.5 (0.9–6.8) | ||
| No | 75 (91.5 %) | 55 (80.9 %) | 1 | |||
| MRSA discussed with healthcare professional | ||||||
| At least one | 54 (65.9 %) | 55 (80.9 %) | 0.040 | 2.2 (1.0–4.7) | ||
| None at all | 28 (34.2) | 13 (19.1 %) | 1 | |||
| Attitude: Importance of MRSA | ||||||
| High | 51 (68.0 %) | 35 (51.5 %) | 0.004 | 0.5 (0.3–1.0) | 0.4 (0.2–0.9) | 0.034 |
| Low | 24 (32.0 %) | 33 (48.5 %) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Attitude: Scared of MRSA | ||||||
| Scared of MRSA | 46 (59.0 %) | 29 (42.7 %) | 0.049 | 0.5 (0.3–1.0) | ||
| Not scared of MRSA | 32 (41.0 %) | 39 (57.4 %) | 1 | |||
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