Table 6.
Association of Ramadan and Covid-19 related personal variables with knowledge & attitude category regarding COVID-19 risk of infection and vaccination during Ramadan.
| Variables | Knowledge Category |
OR (95% CI) |
Attitude Category |
OR (95% CI) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (≥5) | Poor (≤4) | Good (≥5) | Poor (≤4) | |||
| Fasting history this Ramadan | ||||||
| Yes | 336 (73.2%) | 123 (26.8%) | 1.25 (0.58–2.69) | 355 (77.3%) | 104 (22.7%) | 0.85 (0.39–1.85) |
| No | 28 (65.1%) | 15 (34.9%) | Reference | 28 (65.1%) | 15 (34.9%) | Reference |
| Has completed 30 days of fasting last Ramadan | ||||||
| Yes | 271 (77.7%) | 78 (22.3%) | 0.42 (0.27–0.68) | 275 (78.8%) | 74 (21.2%) | 0.68 (0.41–1.11) |
| No | 93 (60.8%) | 60 (39.2%) | Reference | 108 (70.6%) | 45 (29.4%) | Reference |
| Currently Smoking | ||||||
| Yes | 47 (69.1%) | 21 (30.9%) | 1.45 (0.78–2.67) | 43 (63.2%) | 25 (36.8%) | 2.48 (1.36–4.50) |
| No | 317 (73.0%) | 117 (27.0%) | Reference | 340 (78.3%) | 94 (21.7%) | Reference |
| Recently went for Covid-19 testing | ||||||
| Yes | 92 (87.6%) | 13 (12.4%) | 0.53 (0.27–1.03) | 93 (88.6%) | 12 (11.4%) | 0.56 (0.28–1.11) |
| No | 272 (68.5%) | 125 (31.5%) | Reference | 290 (73.0%) | 107 (27.0%) | Reference |
| Diagnosed with Covid-19 within a couple of months | ||||||
| Yes | 38 (92.7%) | 3 (7.3%) | 0.28 (0.08–0.99) | 38 (92.7%) | 3 (7.3%) | 0.36 (0.10–1.29) |
| No | 326 (70.7%) | 135 (29.3%) | Reference | 345 (74.8%) | 116 (25.2%) | Reference |
| Heard that Covid 19 vaccine has been started | ||||||
| Yes | 343 (75.6%) | 111 (24.4%) | 0.31 (0.16–0.59) | 361 (79.5%) | 93 (20.5%) | 0.27 (0.14–0.51) |
| No | 21 (43.8%) | 27 (56.3%) | Reference | 22 (45.8%) | 26 (54.2%) | Reference |
| Has taken at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine | ||||||
| Yes | 142 (88.2%) | 19 (11.8%) | 0.35 (0.20–0.61) | 144 (89.4%) | 17 (10.6%) | 0.38 (0.21–0.68) |
| No | 222 (65.1%) | 119 (34.9%) | Reference | 239 (70.1%) | 102 (29.9%) | Reference |