Table A3.
Multivariate logistic regression models for the use source of information (0: no; 1: yes).
| Literature N = 1972 | Internet N = 1819 | Traditional Media N = 1976 | Family & Friends N = 1810 | Institutional (i.e., WHO, ISS) N = 1978 | ||||||||||||||||
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| OR | Conf. Int. 95% | p-Value | OR | Conf. Int. 95% | p-Value | OR | Conf. Int. 95% | p-Value | OR | Conf. Int. 95% | p-Value | OR | Conf. Int. 95% | p-Value | ||||||
| Geographic area | ||||||||||||||||||||
| North | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||||||||
| Centre | 0.65 | 0.51 | 0.83 | 0.00 | 1.44 | 1.14 | 1.81 | 0.00 | 1.38 | 1.10 | 1.74 | 0.01 | 1.47 | 0.96 | 2.26 | 0.08 | 0.90 | 0.67 | 1.20 | 0.46 |
| South and Islands | 0.56 | 0.43 | 0.74 | 0.00 | 1.35 | 1.04 | 1.74 | 0.02 | 1.56 | 1.21 | 2.01 | 0.00 | 2.14 | 1.34 | 3.49 | 0.00 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.72 | 0.00 |
| Working area | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hospital chirurgical areas | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||||||||
| Hospital medical areas | 0.98 | 0.73 | 1.30 | 0.87 | 1.09 | 0.83 | 1.44 | 0.52 | 1.07 | 0.81 | 1.39 | 0.64 | 1.10 | 0.70 | 1.73 | 0.67 | 0.82 | 0.59 | 1.12 | 0.21 |
| Infection control | 2.42 | 1.38 | 4.24 | 0.00 | 0.68 | 0.42 | 1.08 | 0.10 | 0.37 | 0.22 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.10 | 1.17 | 0.09 | 8.47 | 2.61 | 27.51 | 0.00 |
| Diagnostic and services | 0.87 | 0.62 | 1.23 | 0.44 | 0.80 | 0.58 | 1.11 | 0.19 | 0.87 | 0.63 | 1.19 | 0.37 | 0.62 | 0.33 | 1.16 | 0.13 | 1.11 | 0.76 | 1.63 | 0.58 |
| Health management | 0.80 | 0.50 | 1.30 | 0.37 | 0.54 | 0.33 | 0.88 | 0.01 | 0.72 | 0.46 | 1.14 | 0.16 | 0.69 | 0.26 | 1.82 | 0.45 | 2.49 | 1.28 | 4.84 | 0.01 |
| Emergency and critical areas | 1.55 | 1.03 | 2.33 | 0.04 | 0.55 | 0.37 | 0.84 | 0.01 | 0.37 | 0.24 | 0.57 | 0.00 | 0.39 | 0.17 | 0.90 | 0.03 | 1.65 | 0.96 | 2.84 | 0.07 |
| Infectious disease departments | 2.32 | 1.30 | 4.16 | 0.01 | 0.40 | 0.24 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.20 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.07 | 0.85 | 0.03 | 2.20 | 1.17 | 4.11 | 0.01 |
| Territorial medicine | 0.65 | 0.37 | 1.14 | 0.13 | 0.86 | 0.49 | 1.52 | 0.61 | 1.12 | 0.66 | 1.90 | 0.68 | 0.44 | 0.12 | 1.58 | 0.21 | 1.56 | 0.78 | 3.11 | 0.21 |
| Administration | 1.04 | 0.57 | 1.87 | 0.91 | 1.03 | 0.56 | 1.88 | 0.93 | 0.69 | 0.39 | 1.23 | 0.21 | 0.68 | 0.22 | 2.13 | 0.51 | 1.49 | 0.69 | 3.18 | |
| Age class | ||||||||||||||||||||
| <31 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| 31–40 | 0.72 | 0.48 | 1.07 | 0.10 | 0.58 | 0.40 | 0.85 | 0.01 | 0.34 | 0.20 | 0.58 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| 41–50 | 0.68 | 0.47 | 1.01 | 0.06 | 0.57 | 0.39 | 0.83 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.26 | 0.70 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| 51–60 | 1.07 | 0.61 | 1.74 | 0.75 | 0.31 | 0.21 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.26 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| >60 | 1.03 | 0.61 | 1.74 | 0.91 | 0.37 | 0.23 | 0.60 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.42 | |||||||||
| Gender | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Female | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1.26 | 1.00 | 1.59 | 0.05 | 1.35 | 1.07 | 1.69 | 0.01 | ||||||||||||
| Profession | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medical doctors | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||||||||
| Nurses | 0.29 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 1.17 | 1.94 | 0.00 | 1.77 | 1.29 | 2.44 | 0.00 | 1.85 | 1.10 | 3.11 | 0.02 | 2.03 | 1.34 | 3.07 | 0.00 |
| Auxiliary nurses | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 1.79 | 1.10 | 2.91 | 0.02 | 1.68 | 0.94 | 2.98 | 0.08 | 7.76 | 3.74 | 16.12 | 0.00 | 2.92 | 1.41 | 6.04 | 0.00 |
| Technicians | 0.29 | 0.18 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 0.53 | 1.29 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 2.84 | 1.83 | 4.40 | 0.00 | 3.81 | 1.78 | 8.14 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.85 | 2.62 | 0.16 |
| Biologists | 1.31 | 0.52 | 3.27 | 0.57 | 1.03 | 0.53 | 2.02 | 0.92 | 1.15 | 0.56 | 2.35 | 0.70 | 2.08 | 0.55 | 7.90 | 0.28 | 5.91 | 1.38 | 25.31 | 0.02 |
| Pharmacists | 2.27 | 0.51 | 10.0 | 0.28 | 0.58 | 0.20 | 1.65 | 0.30 | 1.30 | 0.51 | 3.29 | 0.59 | 3.05 | 0.64 | 14.64 | 0.16 | 6.86 | 0.90 | 52.23 | 0.06 |
| Healthcare assistants | 0.22 | 0.10 | 0.48 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.25 | 1.32 | 0.19 | 0.86 | 0.39 | 1.92 | 0.73 | 4.10 | 1.24 | 13.55 | 0.02 | 2.55 | 0.88 | 7.41 | 0.09 |
| Administrative employees | 0.35 | 0.13 | 0.95 | 0.04 | 5.67 | 1.99 | 16.13 | 0.00 | 2.59 | 0.97 | 6.94 | 0.06 | 8.16 | 1.94 | 34.37 | 0.00 | 1.35 | 0.43 | 4.23 | 0.61 |
| Other healthcare professionals | 0.26 | 0.14 | 0.47 | 0.00 | 1.61 | 0.91 | 2.87 | 0.10 | 1.78 | 0.99 | 3.22 | 0.06 | 1.45 | 0.46 | 4.58 | 0.53 | 1.98 | 0.87 | 4.50 | 0.10 |
| Other professionals (not holding healthcare degrees) | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 1.83 | 0.55 | 6.05 | 0.32 | 4.15 | 1.43 | 11.99 | 0.01 | 3.21 | 0.35 | 29.13 | 0.30 | 1.33 | 0.27 | 6.52 | 0.72 |
| Other | 0.18 | 0.03 | 1.09 | 0.06 | 0.30 | 0.03 | 2.76 | 0.29 | 1.22 | 0.20 | 7.57 | 0.83 | ||||||||
| Education | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Secondary school | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| High school | 0.86 | 0.45 | 1.61 | 0.63 | 1.37 | 0.66 | 2.83 | 0.39 | ||||||||||||
| Bachelor’s degree | 0.62 | 0.32 | 1.20 | 0.16 | 2.41 | 1.13 | 5.12 | 0.02 | ||||||||||||
| Master’s degree | 0.49 | 0.25 | 0.99 | 0.05 | 2.99 | 1.32 | 6.77 | 0.01 | ||||||||||||