Table 4.
Independent predictors of participants' satisfactory knowledge in the public knowledge toward the differences between ophthalmologists and optometrists among the adult respondents of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2018 (n=1579) (multivariate analysis).
| Variable | Value | OR | 95% CI | B | SE | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | >26 | 1.73 | (1.17–1.19) | 0.4 | 0.125 | <0.001∗ |
| Education | Higher education | 1.92 | (1.54–2.4) | 0.653 | 0.114 | <0.001∗ |
| Visited optometric | No | 0.75 | (0.57–0.98) | −0.287 | 0.137 | <0.05∗ |
| Wearing spectacles | No | 0.57 | (0.45–0.73) | −0.563 | 0.125 | <0.001∗ |
∗Statistically significant.