Table 4.
Univariate Logistic regression analysis.
| Parameters | Knowledge Domain | Attitude Domain | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adequate | Inadequate | Odds Ratio (CI) | p Value | Adequate | Inadequate | Odds Ratio (CI) | p Value | |
| Age | ||||||||
| 20–30 Yrs. | 135 (36.4) | 236 (63.6) | 2.73 (1.93–3.85) | <0.001 | 124 (33.4) | 247 (66.6) | 1.13 (0.8–1.61) | 0.483 |
| 31–40 Yrs. | 235 (51.8) | 219 (48.2) | 1.45 (1.04–2.02) | 0.026 | 150 (33) | 304 (67) | 1.15 (0.82–1.62) | 0.409 |
| >40 Yrs. | 131 (60.9) | 84 (39.1) | Reference | 78 (36.3) | 137 (63.7) | Reference | ||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 199 (58.7) | 140 (41.3) | Reference | 122 (36) | 217 (64) | Reference | ||
| Female | 302 (43.1) | 399 (56.9) | 1.88 (1.44–2.44) | <0.001 | 230 (32.8) | 471 (67.2) | 1.15 (0.88–1.51) | 0.310 |
| Educational Level | ||||||||
| Intern | 26 (36.6) | 45 (63.4) | 3.61 (2.06–6.32) | <0.001 | 22 (31) | 49 (69) | 1.07 (0.6–1.9) | 0.824 |
| Diploma Degree/associate college | 99 (36.8) | 170 (63.2) | 3.58 (2.46–5.22) | <0.001 | 89 (33.1) | 180 (66.9) | 0.97 (0.66–1.42) | 0.874 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 230 (47.5) | 254 (52.5) | 2.3 (1.65–3.22) | <0.001 | 171 (35.3) | 313 (64.7) | 0.88 (0.62–1.23) | 0.452 |
| Above master’s degree | 146 (67.6) | 70 (32.4) | Reference | 70 (32.4) | 146 (67.6) | Reference | ||
| Nationality | ||||||||
| Saudi | 270 (42.5) | 365 (57.5) | Reference | 222 (35) | 413 (65) | Reference | ||
| Non-Saudi | 231 (57) | 174 (43) | 0.56 (0.43–0.72) | <0.001 | 130 (32.1) | 275 (67.9) | 1.14 (0.87–1.48) | 0.342 |
| Region of Saudi Arabia | ||||||||
| Central | 153 (51.5) | 144 (48.5) | Reference | 118 (39.7) | 179 (60.3) | Reference | ||
| Eastern | 28 (53.8) | 24 (46.2) | 0.91 (0.5–1.64) | 0.756 | 17 (32.7) | 35 (67.3) | 1.36 (0.73–2.53) | 0.338 |
| Western | 105 (46.9) | 119 (53.1) | 1.2 (0.85–1.7) | 0.294 | 72 (32.1) | 152 (67.9) | 1.39 (0.97–2) | 0.075 |
| Northern | 146 (50.2) | 145 (49.8) | 1.06 (0.76–1.46) | 0.745 | 91 (31.3) | 200 (68.7) | 1.45 (1.03–2.04) | 0.032 |
| Southern | 69 (39.2) | 107 (60.8) | 1.65 (1.13–2.41) | 0.010 | 54 (30.7) | 122 (69.3) | 1.49 (1–2.21) | 0.049 |
| Nature of organization | ||||||||
| Government | 472 (48.4) | 503 (51.6) | Reference | 332 (34.1) | 643 (65.9) | Reference | ||
| Private | 29 (44.6) | 36 (55.4) | 1.16 (0.7–1.93) | 0.554 | 20 (30.8) | 45 (69.2) | 1.16 (0.67–2) | 0.588 |
| Type of work setup | ||||||||
| Health care centre | 313 (45.8) | 371 (54.2) | 1.33 (1.03–1.71) | 0.031 | 245 (35.8) | 439 (64.2) | 0.77 (0.58–1.01) | 0.063 |
| Multi-Speciality hospital | 188 (52.8) | 168 (47.2) | Reference | 107 (30.1) | 249 (69.9) | Reference | ||
| Work experience | ||||||||
| 1–3 Years | 102 (40) | 153 (60) | 2.05 (1.49–2.82) | <0.001 | 79 (31) | 176 (69) | 1.28 (0.92–1.79) | 0.147 |
| 4–6 Years | 75 (44.9) | 92 (55.1) | 1.68 (1.17–2.41) | 0.005 | 48 (28.7) | 119 (71.3) | 1.43 (0.96–2.11) | 0.077 |
| 7–10 Years | 93 (42.7) | 125 (57.3) | 1.84 (1.32–2.57) | <0.001 | 79 (36.2) | 139 (63.8) | 1.01 (0.72–1.43) | 0.949 |
| >10 Years | 231 (57.8) | 169 (42.3) | Reference | 146 (36.5) | 254 (63.5) | Reference | ||
| Number of sources of information | ||||||||
| 1 | 269 (45.1) | 327 (54.9) | 1.71 (1.2–2.44) | 0.003 | 201 (33.7) | 395 (66.3) | 0.98 (0.68–1.42) | 0.926 |
| 2 | 139 (48.8) | 146 (51.2) | 1.48 (1–2.19) | 0.050 | 98 (34.4) | 187 (65.6) | 0.95 (0.63–1.44) | 0.822 |
| >2 | 93 (58.5) | 66 (41.5) | Reference | 53 (33.3) | 106 (66.7) | Reference | ||
Note: CI—Confidence interval; Results are expressed in Number (%).