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. 2021 Jun 21;11(6):e048586. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048586

Table 5.

Generalised linear modelling analysis of the healthcare workers’ knowledge of the available COVID-19 vaccine candidates

Parameter Exponentiated (β) coefficient 95% CI for exponentiated (β) P value
Lower Upper
(Intercept) 1.936 1.442 2.600 <0.001
Sex=female 0.900 0.826 0.981 0.016
Age (years) 1.005 1.001 1.009 0.027
Clinical role=physician 1.267 1.101 1.458 0.001
Clinical role=nurse and midwife 0.855 0.747 0.979 0.023
Hospital set-up type=primary 0.847 0.763 0.940 0.002
Hospital set-up type=secondary 0.904 0.830 0.984 0.020
Hospital sector=private 0.910 0.825 1.003 0.057
Hospital sector=governmental 0.961 0.884 1.045 0.355
Generalised anxiety, mean score 1.002 0.995 1.010 0.565
Worry level from getting COVID-19 viral infection, mean score 0.961 0.920 1.005 0.080
Worry level from transmitting COVID-19 viral infection to family, mean score 1.029 0.991 1.069 0.133
Believes the vaccine can stop the disease spread 1.073 1.018 1.132 0.009
Believes vaccination prevents COVID-19 complications 1.046 0.994 1.100 0.087
Does not interact with COVID-19-infected family members 0.907 0.836 0.983 0.018

Dependent variable was the total number of vaccines the healthcare workers knew about. The exponentiated (β) coefficient was interpreted as a rate.