Table 5.

Respondent characteristics, knowledge and concern level status associated with high practice adherence classification on the KAP survey

	n	High Practice, n (%)	Odds ratios (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Sex
Male	61	37 (61)	0.67 (0.27–1.65)	0.70 (0.24–2.07)
Female	33	23 (70)	1.0
Age
≥ 46 years	41	30 (73)	2.02 (0.84–4.86)	3.29 (1.00–10.84)
< 46 years	54	31 (57)	1.0
Years in current job
> 10 years	70	47 (67)	1.61 (0.63–4.09)	0.42 (0.11–1.58)
≤ 10 years	25	14 (56)	1.0
Time spent working outdoors
> 20 h/week	46	26 (56)	0.52 (0.22–1.22)	0.63 (0.23–1.71)
≤ 20 h/week	49	35 (71)	1.0
TBD diagnosis
Yes	25	21 (84)	3.94 (1.22–12.68)	5.88 (1.41–24.55)
No	70	40 (57)	1.0
Tick exposure
High	71	46 (65)	0.98 (0.37–2.63)	1.04 (0.32–3.35)
Low	23	15 (65)	1.0
Knowledge
High	71	44 (62)	0.67 (0.25–1.83)	0.40 (0.12–1.38)
Low	24	17 (71)	1.0
Concern level
High	56	43 (77)	3.86 (1.60–9.34)	6.32 (1.97–20.28)
Low	39	18 (46)	1.0

Odds ratios (95% CIs) were estimated in univariate logistic regression models and aORs (95% CIs) were based on multivariate logistic regression models that included all of the respondent factors listed as explanatory variables