Table 4.

Factors associated with knowledge, attitude and practices among healthcare workers at Makerere University Teaching Hospitals.

Variable	Knowledge	Attitude	Practices
	aOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)
Sex
Male	1	1	1
Female	1.1 (0.4–3)	1.4 (0.5–3.8)	0.4 (0.1–1.2)
Age
18–39	1	1	1
≥40	0.3 (0.1–1)*	1.3 (0.4–4.4)	48.4 (3.1–742.9)*
Place of work
Mulago National Referral Hospital	1	1	1
Kiruddu National Referral Hospital	1.2 (0.4–3.4)	0.6 (0.2–1.8)	0.7 (0.2–2.2)
Kawempe National Referral Hospital	2.1 (0.4–10.4)	0.4 (0.1–2.3)	0.6 (0.1–2.8)
Mulago Specialized Women and Neonatal Hospital	1.4 (0.2–11)	1.2 (0.2–7.2)	1.6 (0.1–24.1)
Qualification
Senior house officer	1	1	1
Specialist	1.3 (0.3–6.6)	1.4 (0.3–7.4)	1.7 (0.3–10.4)
Medical officer	2.1 (0.5–8.2)	0.7 (0.1–3.4)	0.5 (0.1–2)
Nurse	3.6 (0.3–51.8)	0.5 (0.1–3.6)	0.5 (0.1–4.1)
Intern doctor	0.5 (0.1–2.2)	0.3 (0–2.1)	0.6 (0.1–2.8)
Midwife	0.7 (0.1–7.6)	1.4 (0.1–13.9)	0.3 (0–3.6)
Highest level of education
Bachelors	1	1	1
Masters	1.8 (0.5–6.5)	0.4 (0.1–1.8)	0.9 (0.2–3.6)
PhD	6.2 (0.4–104.1)	0.5 (0–5.4)
Diploma	1.03 (0.1–17.7)	0.2 (0–3)	18.4 (1–322.9)*
Source of information on COVID-19
International health organization e.g., WHO	2.7 (0.7–10.7)	1.1 (0.2–5.3)	2.7 (0.5–13.8)
Government sites and media e.g., MoH	0.7 (0.2–2.6)	0.3 (0.1–1.3)	1.6 (0.4–6.2)
News media e.g., TV, radio, newspaper	4.8 (1.4–17)*	3.7 (0.8–16.8)	0.5 (0.1–2.3)
Social media e.g., WhatsApp, Facebook	0.9 (0.3–2.8)	1.2 (0.3–4.5)	3.5 (1–12.5)
Journals	0.8 (0.3–2.2)	0.5 (0.2–1.5)	2.4 (0.8–7.2)
Others	0.7 (0.2–2.2)	0.9 (0.2–3.5)	0.9 (0.2–3.4)

aOR, adjusted odds ratio;

^*significant at p < 0.05.