Table 5.

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

Variables		Variables associated with good practice
		COR	95% CI	P	AOR	95% CI	P
Gender	Male	0.575	0.327 to 1.013	0.055	0.442	0.216 to 0.905	0.025
	Female*
Age	≤25 years	2.212	0.748 to 6.543	0.151	20.008	0.458 to 8.792	0.355
	26–30 years	2.126	0.696 to 6.494	0.186	0.449	0563 to 10.652	0.232
	≥31 years*
Marital status	Single	1.109	0.591 to 2.078	0.748	0.998	0.431 to 2.314	0.997
	Married*
Professional position	Physician	0.163	0.037 to 0.713	0.016	0.142	0.025 to 0.810	0.028
	Pharmacist	2.839	1.066 to 7.558	0.037	6.040	1.272 to 28.668	0.024
	Surgeon*
Patient population	Paediatric	3.864	0.953 to 15.666	0.058	1.402	0.291 to 6.761	0.673
	Adult	3.306	1.144 to 9.552	0.027	1.215	0.371 to 3.984	0.748
	Geriatric	6.800	1.463 to 31.614	0.014	7.957	1.166 to 54.302	0.034
	Paediatric and adult	2.429	0.237 to 24.844	0.455	3.049	0.253 to 36.792	0.380
	Adult and geriatric	6.263	1.657 to 23.672	0.007	13.912	2.197 to 88.104	0.005
	Paediatric, adult and geriatric*
Experience (year in practice)	≤4 years	1.092	0.235 to 5.066	0.911	0.278	0.036 to 2.153	0.220
	5–9 years	0.337	0.050 to 2.263	0.263	0.070	0.006 to 0.765	0.029
	10–14 years	2.200	0.329 to 14.726	0.416	0.770	0.069 to 8.553	0.831
	≥15 years*
Knowledge about probiotic drugs brand†	Good knowledge	0.494	0.275 to 0.888	0.019	0.372	0.185 to 0.747	0.005
	Poor knowledge*

P<0.05 was considered to indicate significance. Bold values 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.