TABLE 3.
Predictors of Reporting for Duty
| Predictor | Bivariate OR (95% CI) |
P Value | Multivariate OR (95% CI) |
P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.98 (0.94 to 1.03) | 0.59 | - | - |
| Gender | 0.81 (0.52 to 1.25) | 0.35 | - | - |
| Marital status | 0.96 (0.63 to 1.46) | 0.86 | - | - |
| Presence of children | 1.26 (0.83 to 1.91) | 0.264 | - | - |
| Years of experience | 0.98 (0.93 to 1.04) | 0.63 | - | - |
| Education: High school Diploma Bachelor’s or above |
- 2.68 (1.15 to 6.19) 1.72 (0.76 to 3.88) |
- 0.021* 0.185 |
- - - |
- - - |
| Job title: EMT EMT intermediate Paramedic |
- 2.35 (1.21 to 4.56) 1.02 (0.60 to 1.76) |
- 0.011* 0.919 |
- - - |
- - - |
| Confidence that employer will provide adequate PPE (Yes) | 3.54 (2.31 to 5.42) | <0.001* | 3.95 (2.31 to 5.42) | <0.001* |
| I have adequate knowledge and training for disease outbreaks (Yes) | 4.57 (2.95 to 7.07) | <0.001* | 3.04 (1.71 to 5.39) | <0.001* |
| EMS providers not showing up during disease outbreaks should receive strict disciplinary actions (Yes) | 4.13 (2.57 to 6.65) | <0.001* | 2.52 (1.33 to 4.78) | 0.004* |
| Work obligation if some coworkers got infected with the disease (yes) | 2.95 (1.88 to 4.63) | <0.001* | 2.19 (1.15 to 4.18) | 0.017* |
| Work obligation if you did not receive appropriate training (yes) | 1.55 (1.01 to 2.40) | 0.044* | 0.52 (0.27 to 0.99) | 0.049* |
| Family concern has a major effect on my decision to come to work (yes) | 0.45 (0.28 to 0.70) | 0.001* | 0.40 (0.21 to 0.73) | 0.003* |
| Concerned about shortage in PPE (Yes) | 0.56 (0.34 to 0.90) | 0.019* | 0.40 (0.20 to 0.76) | 0.006* |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; EMS, emergency medical services; EMT, emergency medical technician; OR, odds ratio; PPE, personal protective equipment.
*
Significant P value.