Table 6.

Attitude towards HBV infection prevention and associated factors among primary healthcare providers in Wakiso district, Uganda.

Variable	Attribute	Freq n	Attitude		Unadjusted PR (95% CI)	Adjusted PR (95% CI)	p-value
			Positive n (%)	Negative n (%)
Sex	Female	206	120 (67.4)	86 (67.2)	1.0	1.0
	Male	100	58 (32.6)	42 (32.8)	0.99 (0.81–1.22)	0.94 (0.77–1.15)	0.602
Age group	20–30	207	119 (66.9)	88 (68.8)	1.0	1.0
	31–40	70	43 (24.2)	27 (21.1)	1.06 (0.85–1.33)	1.09 (0.88–1.36)	0.406
	41 and above	29	16 (9.0)	13 (10.2)	0.95 (0.67–1.36)	1.03 (0.73–1.46)	0.830
Level of Health Facility	Health Centre III	133	83 (46.6)	50 (39.1)	1.0
	Health Centre IV	120	66 (37.1)	54 (42.2)	0.88 (0.71–1.08)
	Hospital	53	29 (16.3)	24 (18.7)	0.87 (0.66–1.15)
Ownership of Health Facility	Private for profit	136	85 (47.8)	51 (39.8)	1.0	1.0
	Private not for profit	30	18 (10.1)	12 (9.4)	0.96 (0.69–1.32)	1.15 (0.83–1.59)	0.390
	Public	140	75 (42.1)	65 (50.8)	0.85 (0.70–1.04)	0.86 (0.69–1.07)	0.183
Location of Health facility	Rural	102	67 (37.6)	35 (27.3)	1.0	1.0
	Urban	204	111 (62.4)	93 (72.7)	0.82 (0.68–1.00)	0.78 (0.64–0.95)	0.017
Marital status	Married	128	77 (43.3)	51 (39.8)	1.0
	Single	178	101 (56.7)	77 (60.2)	0.94 (0.77–1.14)
Main department of work	Inpatient clinic	47	29 (16.3)	18 (14.1)	1.0
	Maternity ward	84	52 (29.2)	32 (25.0)	1.00 (0.75–1.32)
	Outpatient clinic	175	97 (54.5)	78 (60.9)	0.89 (0.69–1.16)
Years in service	Below 5	198	114 (64.0)	84 (65.6)	1.0
	Above 5	108	64 (36.0)	44 (34.4)	1.02 (0.84–1.25)
Knowledge level	Low	129	62 (34.8)	67 (52.3)	1.0	1.0
	High	177	116 (65.2)	61 (47.7)	1.36 (1.10–1.68)	1.36 (1.10–1.69)	0.004