Table 3.
Background characteristics and factors associated with health care worker’s knowledge of rubella infection; n = 126.
| Variables | n | Knowledge n (%) |
p Value | COR (95%CI) | p-Value | AOR (95%CI) | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age groups (years) | |||||||
| ≤30 | 46 | 5 (10.9) | 0.02 | 1 | |||
| 31–40 | 33 | 12 (36.4) | 4 (1.5,15.1) | 0.01 | - | - | |
| 41+ | 47 | 14 (29.8) | 3.5 (1.1,10.7) | 0.03 | |||
| Sex | |||||||
| Female | 103 | 26 (25.2) | 1 | ||||
| Male | 23 | 5 (21.7) | 0.72 | 0.8 (0.3,2.4) | 0.725 | - | |
| Self being a parent | |||||||
| Yes | 94 | 24 (25.5) | 0.68 | 1.2 (0.4,3.2) | 0.679 | - | |
| No | 32 | 7 (21.9) | 1 | ||||
| Education level | |||||||
| Certificate | 54 | 8 (14.8) | <0.01 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Diploma | 61 | 12 (23.5) | 2.0 (0.8,5.2) | 0.3 | 1.6 (0.6–4.4) | 0.32 | |
| Degree | 11 | 7 (63.6) | 10.1 (2.4,42.6) | ||||
| Medical cadre | |||||||
| Clinicians | 20 | 5 (25.0) | 0.03 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Nurses | 73 | 24 (32.9) | 1.5 (0.5–4.5) | 0.5 | 2.7 (0.7–11.5 | 0.16 | |
| Medical attendants | 18 | 2 (11.1) | 0.4 (0.06–2.2) | 0.28 | 0.6 (0.1–5.2) | 0.64 | |
| Experience(years) | |||||||
| 0-2 | 31 | 2 (6.5) | 0.01 | 1 | |||
| 3–9 | 30 | 6 (20.0) | 3.6 (0.7,19.6) | 0.135 | - | ||
| 10+ | 65 | 7.9 (1.7,36.3) | 0.008 | ||||
| Work station | |||||||
| RCH (hospital) | 18 | 8 (44.4) | 0.04 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Outpatient | 33 | 4 (12.1) | 0.17 (0.0,0.7) | 0.014 | 0.04 (0.1–0.3) | 0.01 | |
| In patient (wards) | 75 | 19 (25.3) | 0.42 (0.2,1.2) | 0.12 | 0.3 (0.1–1.0) | 0.05 | |
|
RCH information
Source–reading |
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| Yes | 46 | 16 (34.8) | 0.04 | 1 | |||
| No | 80 | 15 (18.8) | 0.4 (0.2,1.0) | 0.047 | - | ||
|
Shares phone contact
with clients |
|||||||
| Yes | 101 | 29 (28.7) | 0.04 | 1 | 1 | ||
| No | 25 | 2 (8.0) | 0.22 (0.1–1.0) | 0.046 | 0.5 (0.0–1.0) | 0.05 | |