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. 2021 Oct 28;9:658107. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.658107

Table 4.

Associated factors of the knowledge and practices against the COVID-19.

Factors Self-protection from COVID-19
Adequate knowledge ofSARS-CoV-2transmission Precautionary measures Measures to improve psychological well-being
Coef. 95% CI Coef. 95% CI Coef. 95% CI
Region (vs. Northern)
Central 0.12 −0.04; 0.28
South 1.47** 1.08; 2.00
Gender (vs. Male)
Female −0.12* −0.24; 0.00
Education (vs. University and lower)
> University 0.18*** 0.05; 0.30
Occupation (vs. Doctor)
Nurse 0.18** 0.02; 0.34 0.25*** 0.10; 0.40
Others 0.81* 0.66; 1.00
Level of hospital (vs. Central level)
District health center −0.18** −0.31; −0.04
Others −0.12 −0.29; 0.05
Department (vs. Emergency-Intensive care)
Surgery-obstetrics-pediatrics 0.74** 0.57; 0.97 −0.14 −0.33; 0.04
Administrative offices 0.75** 0.58; 0.96
Infectious disease-infection control 0.76** 0.58; 0.98
Preventive medicine-public health- nutrition 0.78 0.54; 1.12 −0.26* −0.52; 0.00
Others 0.73*** 0.58; 0.92
Adequate knowledge of transmission 0.20*** 0.13; 0.27 0.07* −0.00; 0.15
Source of information about COVID-19
CDC 0.09 −0.03; 0.22
University/Hospital 0.1 −0.02; 0.22
Mass media channel for information seeking (vs. television)
Internet 1.19 0.92; 1.55 0.57*** 0.22; 0.92
Radio 0.13** 0.01; 0.25
Newspaper 0.84** 0.70; 1.00 −0.13** −0.26; −0.00
Other 1.36* 0.99; 1.86
Aspect of COVID-19 that respondents wanted to know more about
Epidemiology COVID-19 0.11* −0.01; 0.22 0.35*** 0.22; 0.48
Case management 1.18* 0.99; 1.41
Using PPE −0.21*** −0.34;−0.08
***

p < 0.01;

**

p < 0.05;

*

*p < 0.1.