Table 3.
Factors associated with knowledge, attitudes, and practices outcome.
| Characteristics | Knowledge | Attitudes | Practices | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor (n = 341) | Good (n = 1,100) | p | Negative (n = 773) | Positive (n = 668) | p | Inappropriate (n = 332) | Appropriate (n = 1,109) | p | |
| Gender | 0.01 | <0.001 | 0.644 | ||||||
| Male | 95 (19.6) | 389 (80.4) | 228 (47.1) | 256 (52.9) | 115 (23.8) | 369 (76.2) | |||
| Female | 246 (25.7) | 711 (74.3) | 545 (56.9) | 412 (43.1) | 217 (22.7) | 740 (77.3) | |||
| Profession in the health field | |||||||||
| Bioanalyst | 10 (15.2) | 56 (84.8) | 0.096 | 24 (36.4) | 42 (63.6) | 0.004 | 10 (15.2) | 56 (84.8) | 0.119 |
| Student | 7 (16.3) | 36 (83.7) | 0.247 | 33 (76.7) | 10 (23.3) | 0.002 | 10 (23.3) | 33 (76.7) | 0.973 |
| Nurse | 86 (46) | 101 (54) | <0.001 | 91 (48.7) | 96 (51.3) | 0.143 | 57 (30.5) | 130 (69.5) | 0.01 |
| Specialized doctor | 119 (17.1) | 575 (82.9) | <0.001 | 381 (54.9) | 313 (45.1) | 0.357 | 123 (17.7) | 571 (82.3) | <0.001 |
| General doctor | 27 (21.4) | 99 (78.6) | 0.537 | 72 (57.1) | 54 (42.9) | 0.41 | 38 (30.2) | 88 (69.8) | 0.059 |
| Resident doctor | 29 (16.4) | 148 (83.6) | 0.015 | 99 (55.9) | 78 (44.1) | 0.514 | 73 (41.2) | 104 (58.8) | <0.001 |
| Dentist | 22 (32.4) | 46 (67.6) | 0.084 | 34 (50) | 34 (50) | 0.537 | 3 (4.4) | 65 (95.6) | <0.001 |
| Other | 28 (50.9) | 27 (49.1) | <0.001 | 11 (44) | 14 (56) | 0.329 | 14 (25.5) | 41 (74.5) | 0.744 |
| Technician | 13 (52) | 12 (48) | 0.001 | 28 (50.9) | 27 (49.1) | 0.678 | 4 (16) | 21 (84) | 0.481 |
| Frontline workers | 0.664 | 0.001 | 0.64 | ||||||
| No | 234 (24) | 741 (76) | 553 (56.7) | 422 (43.3) | 221 (22.7) | 754 (77.3) | |||
| Yes | 107 (23) | 359 (77) | 220 (47.2) | 246 (52.8) | 111 (23.8) | 355 (76.2) | |||
The data is expressed in numbers and proportions, except the age where they are expressed in mean and standard deviation. The p-values are obtained by Chi2-square test except for age which were obtained by Student's t-test. Others: hemotherapist, medical records, public health, occupational therapy, biologist, microbiologist, social work, physiotherapist, paramedic.