Table 4.

Multivariate analysis of factors associated with poor knowledge and attitudes towards hepatitis B prevention among medicine and health Science students at the University of Gondar, 2015

Variables	Knowledge		AOR (95 % CI)	P value	Attitude		AOR (95 % CI)	P value
	Good	Poor			Favorable	Not
Sex
Male	160 (85.6)	27 (14.4)	1.3 (0.5–3.8)	0.59	104 (55.6)	83 (44.4)	1.3 (0.6–2.7)	0.51
Female	52 (88.1)	7 (11.9)	1.0	–	30 (50.8)	29 (49.2)	1.0
Age
20–24	185 (85.3)	32 (14.7)	3.8 (0.6–23.3)	0.14	115 (53.0)	102 (47.0)	1.5 (0.5–3.9)	0.45
25–29	27 (93.1)	2 (6.9)	1.0	–	19 (65.5)	10 (34.5)	1.0	–
Residence
Rural	86 (84.3)	16 (15.7)	1.2 (0.5–2.7)	0.71	54 (52.9)	48 (47.1)	0.8 (0.4–1.4)	0.41
Urban	126 (87.5)	18 (12.5)	1.0	–	80 (55.6)	64 (44.4)	1.0	–
Profession
Medicine	72 (97.3)	2 (2.7)	1.0	–	60 (81.1)	14 (18.9)	1.0	–
MLT	17 (100)	0 (0.0)	0.0	0.99	10 (58.8)	7 (41.2)	2.7 (0.9–8.5)	0.09
PHO	26 (74.3)	9 (25.7)	10.9 (2.2–55.2)	0.00	27 (77.1)	8 (22.9)	1.3 (0.5–3.5)	0.63
Nursing	29 (85.3)	5 (14.7)	5.87 (1.1–32.9)	0.04	9 (26.5)	25 (73.5)	12.7 (4.7–34.1)	0.00
Midwifery	31 (93.9)	2 (6.1)	2.02 (0.3–15.5)	0.49	9 (27.3)	24 (72.7)	12.3 (4.5–33.7)	0.00
Anaesthesia	11 (91.7)	1 (8.3)	2.93 (0.2–36.0)	0.40	6 (50.0)	6 (50.0)	4.6 (1.3–16.9)	0.02
Physiotherapy	8 (72.8)	3 (27.3)	11.6 (1.7–82.2)	0.01	3 (27.3)	8 (72.7)	11.6 (2.7–50.3)	0.00
Optometry	4 (36.4)	7 (63.6)	81.7 (11.4–585)	0.00	2 (18.2)	9 (81.8)	22.5 (4.2–122.3)	0.00
Psychiatry	14 (73.7)	5 (26.3)	11.0 (1.9–63.4)	0.01	8 (42.1)	11 (57.9)	5.4 (1.8–16.1)	0.00
Overall	212 (86.2)	34 (13.8)	–	–	134 (54.5)	112 (45.5)	–	–

MLT medical laboratory technologists, PHO public health officer