Table 3.

Predictors of attitude towards COVID-19 infection

Variable	Crude OR (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted OR* (95% CI)	p-value
Knowledge
Poor Knowledge	Reference		Reference
Good Knowledge	3.7 (1.8-7.9)	<0.001	4.8 (1.7-10.2)	0.003
Age (in years)
20-29	Reference	0.16	Reference	0.04
30-39	1.4 (0.7-2.9)		1.5 (0.5-4.8)
40-49	2.1 (0.9-5.1)		5.5 (1.1-29.3)
50-59	5.5 (0.7-44.8)		3.3 (0.3-39.4)
Gender
Male	Reference	0.01	Reference	0.04
Female	2.7 (1.2-5.9)		3.0 (1.1-8.3)
Tribe
Hausa Fulani	Reference	0.72	Reference	0.65
Yoruba	1.6 (0.4-7.5)		1.4 (0.1-6.7)
Igbo	0.9 (0.2-3.4)		0.1 (0.1-0.7)
Others	1.6 (0.6-4.5)		1.4 (0.1-2.8)
Religion
Islam	Reference		Reference
Christianity	2.2 (0.6-7.3)	0.21	7.0 (1.3-40.4)	0.03
Marital Status
Single	Reference	0.23	Reference	0.60
Married	1.8 (0.9-3.4)		1.2 (0.4-3.7)
Divorced	1.1(0.1-11.6)		0.5 (0.1-8.2)
Highest Qualification
Diploma	Reference	0.001	Reference	0.002
MBBS/Bachelor’s degree	3.1 (1.4-6.9)		4.6 (1.3-16.5)
Master’s degree	13.6 (1.6-113.4)		24.3 (1.7-34.1)
Specialist Training	5.3 (2.0-14.3)		15.4 (3.0-79.8)
Professional Cadre
Doctor	Reference	<0.001	Reference	0.02
Nurse/Midwife	0.7 (0.3-1.8)		0.9 (0.3-3.0)
Lab Scientist	0.2 (0.1-0.6)		0.5 (0.1-1.9)
Physiotherapist	1.7 (0.2-14.6)		6.6 (0.5-18.6)
Pharmacist	1.7 (0.2-14.6)		2.2 (0.2-22.5)
CHO/CHEW	0.1 (0.1-0.4)		0.3 (0.1-0.9)
Others	1.2 (0.4-3.4)		6.2 (1.5-26.6)
Years in Service
<1 year	Reference	0.04	Reference	0.10
1 to 5 years	0.4 (0.2-0.8)		0. (0.1-3.7)
6 to 10 years	0.5 (0.2-1.2)		1.8 (0.3-9.6)
> 10 years	0.9 (0.4-2.6)		2.5 (0.5- 12.1)
Type of Facility
Tertiary	Reference	0.02	Reference	0.03
Secondary	1.8 (0.6-5.6)		0.2 (0.1-0.9)
Primary	1.3 ( 0.4-4.8)		0.4 (0.1-1.5)
Private	10.5 (1.4-79.9)		0.2 (0.1-0.7)
Involved in Direct Patient Care
Yes	Reference		Reference
No	0.5 (0.2-1.4)	0.13	0.7 (0.2-2.8)	0.61

^*Adjusted for all the variables in the table. OR = Odds ratio. CI = Confidence Interval