Table 2. Factors associated with hepatitis B immune response among vaccinated healthcare workers (n = 266) in Gulu and Lira regional referral hospitals, October-December 2021.
Characteristic | Description | Immune response (≥10mIU/mL) n (%) |
cPR | 95% CI | aPR | 95%CI | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 18–25 | 74 (27.8) | 1 | 1 | |||
26–35 | 110 (41.4) | 1.00 | 0.93–1.08 | 0.99 | 0.92–1.07 | 0.854 | |
36+ | 65 (24.4) | 0.99 | 0.91–1.08 | 0.93 | 0.79–1.09 | 0.357 | |
Sex | Female | 133 (50) | 1 | 1 | |||
Male | 116 (43.6) | 1.01 | 0.95–1.08 | 1.06 | 0.98–1.14 | 0.162 | |
Specialty | Allied Health | 25 (9.4) | 1 | 1 | |||
Doctors | 14 (5.3) | 0.91 | 0.74–1.11 | 0.86 | 0.66–1.13 | 0.277 | |
Nurse/Midwife | 116 (43.6) | 1.01 | 0.85–1.08 | 1.04 | 0.94–1.15 | 0.463 | |
Pharmacist | 2 (0.8) | 0.69 | 0.31–1.55 | 0.51 | 0.13–2.03 | 0.341 | |
Lab. Technician | 56 (21.1) | 0.94 | 0.84–1.05 | 0.96 | 0.85–1.08 | 0.500 | |
Others | 35 (13.2) | 0.96 | 0.85–1.08 | 0.99 | 0.88–1.13 | 0.992 | |
Year vaccine intake | 2000–2009 | 9 (3.4) | 1 | 1 | |||
2010–2020 | 240 (90.2) | 0.93 | 0.90–0.96 | 0.94 | 0.9–0.97 | <0.001 | |
Age at vaccination | 15–25 | 133 (50) | 1 | 1 | |||
26–35 | 85 (31.9) | 0.97 | 0.90–1.04 | 1.02 | 0.92–1.14 | 0.693 | |
36+ | 31 (11.7) | 1.03 | 0.95–1.11 | 1.10 | 0.93–1.31 | 0.264 | |
Vaccine schedule (months) | 0, 1,12 | 1 (0.4) | 1 | 1 | |||
0, 1, 6 | 202 (75.9) | 0.94 | 0.91–0.97 | 1.07 | 1.0–1.11 | <0.001 | |
0, 2, 4 | 2 (0.8) | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | |||
0, 3, 6 | 1 (0.4) | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | |||
Do not recall | 1 (0.4) | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | |||
Received booster | No | 246 (92.5) | 1 | ||||
Yes | 3 (1.1) | 1.07 | 1.04–1.10 | 1.07 | 1.0–1.11 | <0.001 |