Table 3.

Binary logistic regression for variables related to good knowledge of healthcare professionals

Variables		Variables associated with good knowledge
		COR	95% CI	P value	AOR	95% CI	P value
Gender	Male	0.782	0.448 to 1.363	0.385	0.693	0.355 to 1.351	0.281
	Female*
Age	≤25 years	1.257	0.524 to 3.016	0.608	0.702	0.203 to 2.432	0.577
	26–30 years	0.744	0.286 to 1.934	0.544	0.465	0.127 to 1.709	0.249
	≥31 years*
Marital status	Single	1.054	0.561 to 1.981	0.870	1.210	0.535 to 2.736	0.647
	Married*
Professional position	Physician	0.483	0.111 to 2.104	0.332	0.390	0.076 to 2.011	0.261
	Pharmacist	4.726	1.407 to 15.880	0.012	6.162	1.401 to 27.111	0.016
	Surgeon*
Patient population	Paediatric	3.864	0.953 to 15.666	0.058	2.287	0.482 to 10.851	0.298
	Adult	3.306	1.144 to 9.552	0.027	2.090	0.642 to 6.806	0.221
	Geriatric	9.444	2.134 to 41.792	0.003	12.766	2.307 to 70.641	0.004
	Paediatric and adult	2.429	0.237 to 2.844	0.455	2.137	0.173 to 26.454	0.554
	Adult and geriatric	3.091	0.713 to 3.402	0.132	9.672	1.645 to 56.865	0.012
	Paediatric, adult and geriatric*
Experience (year in practice)	≤4 years	0.283	0.089 to 0.901	0.033	0.127	0.025 to 0.653	0.013
	5–9 years	0.209	0.051 to 0.850	0.029	0.107	0.017 to 0.666	0.017
	10–14 years	0.123	0.012 to 1.253	0.077	0.037	0.002 to 0.563	0.018
	≥15 years*
Knowledge about probiotic drugs brand †	Good knowledge	1.103	0.637 to 1.909	0.726	0.953	0.500 to 1.819	0.885
	Poor knowledge*

P<0.05 was considered to indicate significance. Bold fonts show significant differences.

*Indicates a reference group in the logistic regression.

†Score range from 0 to 14. Poor knowledge (score of ≤7). Good knowledge (score of ≥8).

AOR, adjusted OR; COR, crude OR.