Table 4.

Bivariate and Multivariate analysis on assocaited factors towards knowledge of infection prevention among Debre Markos referral hospital health care workers, 2015

Variable		Knowledgeable		COR (95% CI)	AOR(95 CI)	P-value
		Yes	NO
Age	21–25	48	10	1	1
	26–30	73	19	3.218(1.787–5.793)*	0.144(0.037–3.555)	0.3
	31 and above	6	4	2.137(1.9–5.07)*	3.15(2.467–5.025)*	0.02*
Sex	Male	77	16	3.874(3.808,8.303)*	2.05(2.139–5.816)*	0.04*
	Female	50	7	1	1
Marital status	Single	69	16	0.467(0.08–2.468)
	Married	58	7	1
Religion	Orthodox	118	21	2.57(0.073–3.345)		0.06
	Protestant	3	1	3.56(0.934–8.647)		0.08
	Muslim	6	1	1
Educational status	Msc and above	20	0	4.24(1.39–6.89)*	3.034(1.856–4.756)*	0.01*
	Bsc	48	12	2.59(2.46–7.98)*	2.15(3.245–8.789)*	0.035*
	Diploma	59	11	1	1
Work experience	< 5 year	94	17	1	1
	5–10 year	23	6	5.467(0.134–6.567)	2.467(0.234–3.67)	0.05
	> 10 year	10	0	0.79(1.34–7.54)*	4.03(1.229–5.68)*	0.00*
Profession	Physician	20	0	1	1
	Nurse	71	12	0.58(0.25–0.978)*	0.35(0.075–3.057)	0.3
	Midwifery	13	5	3.280(2.133–10.883)*	2.45(0.075–2.95)	0.2
	Health officier	2	1	2.874(0.808–5.303)
	Lab technician	11	2	4.471(0.282–3.762)
	Others*	10	2	6.45(0.758–2.895)
Had taken IP training	Yes	52	1	1	1
	No	75	22	2.56(3.68–6.98)*	0.25(1.689–3.95)*	0.045*
Available IP guideline	Yes	55	13	1
	No	72	10	0.345(0.189–3.467)

Others Emergency surgeon, x-ray technicians, anesthetic provider, IP Infection Prevention

* shows statistical significance at p-value < 0.05