Table 3.
Predictors of knowledge, perceived fear, perceived susceptibility and need for information
| Knowledge | Perceived fear | Perceived susceptibility | Need for information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | HCW | GP | HCW | GP | HCW | GP | HCW | ||
| OR | OR | OR | OR | OR | OR | OR | OR | ||
| 1 | Sex: female | 0.95 | 0.91 | 1.63* | 1.08 | 1.34 | 1.17 | 1.2 | 0.72 |
| 2 | Age: 26–35 years | 1.72 | 2.59 | 0.41* | 0.39 | 0.8 | 0.78 | 0.56 | <0.01 |
| Age: 36–45 years | 1.84 | 3.22 | 0.45 | 0.33 | 0.88 | 0.58 | 1.08 | <0.01 | |
| Age: 46–55 years | 2.92* | 4.22 | 0.46 | 0.41 | 1.31 | 0.51 | 0.58 | <0.01 | |
| Age: 56–65 years | 2.25* | 3.67 | 0.54 | 0.31 | 1.49 | 0.68 | 0.58 | <0.01 | |
| Age: > 65 years | 1.8 | >1000 | 1.17 | 2.97 | 0.9 | 0.68 | 0.97 | <0.01 | |
| 3 | Children in home | 0.54** | 1.19 | 0.86 | 1.39* | 1.28 | 0.97 | 0.76 | 0.73 |
| 4 | Nationality: Dutch | 1.62 | 0.6 | 0.84 | 1.46 | 1.13 | 3.03 | 0.76 | 0.29 |
| 5 | Level of education: intermediate | 1.7* | – | 0.86 | – | 1.2 | – | 0.7 | – |
| Level of education: high | 4.01*** | – | 0.58 | – | 0.7 | – | 0.97 | – | |
| 6 | Works in healthcare sector | 1.17 | – | 0.94 | – | 0.7 | – | 0.76 | – |
| 7 | Profession: nurse | – | 0.22*** | – | 1.7* | – | 2.46*** | – | 1.34 |
| Profession: ambulance staff | – | 0.12*** | – | 2.69** | – | 2.48** | – | 1.31 | |
| 8 | Years of working experience: 2–5 | – | 0.53 | – | 1.86 | – | 1.06 | – | 0.96 |
| Years of working experience: 6–10 | – | 0.63 | – | 1.43 | – | 1.46 | – | 0.63 | |
| Years of working experience: > = 11 | – | 0.55 | – | 1.52 | – | 1.48 | – | 0.65 | |
| 9 | Worktime spend on topics related to Ebola | – | 1.92*** | – | 1.03 | – | 0.82 | – | 0.79 |
| 10 | Knowledge level: intermediate | – | – | 5.31** | – | 1.34 | – | 2.53 | – |
| Knowledge level: high | – | – | 4.14* | 0.64** | 1.02 | 0.46*** | 3.25* | 0.82 | |
| 11 | Perceived fear: intermediate | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.88** | 1.84** |
| Perceived fear: high | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.39*** | 4.31*** | |
| 12 | Perceived susceptibility: intermediate | – | – | 13.87*** | 2.94*** | – | – | 0.99 | 0.81 |
| Perceived susceptibility: high | – | – | 181.27*** | 21.76*** | – | – | 2.46* | 1.38 | |
Reference categories are 1) sex: male, 2) age: ≤25 years, 3) no children in household, 4) other nationality, 5) level of education: low, 6) not working in healthcare sector, 7) profession: physician, 8) years of working experience: ≤1, 9) no worktime spend on topics related to Ebola, 10) knowledge level: low, 11) perceived fear: low, and 12) perceived susceptibility: low
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
- variable not included in regression analysis