Table 3.
Association of socio-demographic characteristics and professional profiles with level of knowledge, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, October to November 2015
| Variables | Categories | Level of knowledge | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good number (%) | Poor number (%) | |||
| Sex | Male | 99 (67.8) | 47 (32.2) | 0.044 |
| Female | 38 (52.8) | 34 (47.2) | ||
| Age group | 20–29 | 109 (60.2) | 72 (39.8) | 0.004* |
| 30–39 | 25 (86.2) | 4 (13.8) | ||
| ≥ 40 | 3 (37.5) | 5 (62.5) | ||
| Facility currently working | Hospital | 68 (63.6) | 39 (36.4) | 0.943 |
| Health center | 69 (62.2) | 42 (37.8) | ||
| Location of the institution | Urban | 112 (67.5) | 54 (32.5) | 0.018 |
| Rural | 25 (48.1) | 27 (51.1) | ||
| Ownership of the institution | Government only | 120 (65.2) | 64 (34.8) | 0.004* |
| Private only | 11 (39.3) | 17 (60.7) | ||
| Both government and private | 6 (100) | 0 (0) | ||
| Profession | BSc nurse | 61 (63.5) | 35 (36.5) | 0.004 |
| Health officer | 31 (75.6) | 10 (24.4) | ||
| BSc Midwifery | 8 (38.1) | 13 (61.9) | ||
| Medical Lab Technologist | 13 (44.8) | 16 (55.2) | ||
| Pharmacist | 24 (77.4) | 7 (22.6) | ||
| Work experience (years) | 1–5 | 91 (59.5) | 62 (40.5) | 0.064* |
| 6–10 | 30 (71.4) | 12 (28.6) | ||
| 11–15 | 14 (82.4) | 3 (17.6) | ||
| ≥ 16 | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.7) | ||
| Have you attended trainings on antimicrobial resistance? | Yes | 16 (76.2) | 5 (23.8) | 0.274 |
| No | 121 (61.4) | 76 (38.6) | ||
| Have you ever used antimicrobial sensitivity test result for treating patients? | Yes | 5 (71.4) | 2 (28.6) | 1.000* |
| No | 132 (62.6) | 79 (37.4) | ||
| Do you get up to date information on antimicrobial resistance? | Yes | 69 (68.3) | 32 (31.7) | 0.158 |
| No | 68 (58.1) | 49 (41.9) | ||
* Fisher’s exact value