Table 3. Predictors of poor knowledge of stroke among healthcare professionals.
| Variables | Knowledge | Simple Logistic Regression | Multiple Logistic Regression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good n (%) | Poor n (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | X2 stat. (df)a | P-valuea | Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
X2 stat. (df)a | P-valuea | |
| Age group (years) ≤30 31-35 ≥36 |
162 (74.7) 162 (77.5) 152 (75.6) |
55 (25.3) 47 (22.5) 49 (24.4) |
1.05 (0.68,1.64) 0.90 (0.57,1.42) 1 |
0.492 (2) 0.052 (1)b 0.204 (1)b |
0.782 0.819b 0.651b |
– | – | – |
| Gender Female Male |
295 (74.7) 181 (78.0) |
100 (25.3) 51 (22.0) |
1.20 (0.82,1.77) 1 |
0.896 (1) |
0.344 |
– | – | – |
| Service group (years) <5 5-10 >10 |
153 (72.9) 189 (78.4) 134 (76.1) |
57 (27.1) 52 (21.6) 42 (23.9) |
1.19 (0.75,1.89) 0.88 (0.55,1.40) 1 |
1.9 (2) 0.539 (1)b 0.304 (1)b |
0.387 0.463b 0.581b |
– | – | – |
| Professions Others§ GP HO MO Specialist |
22 (55.0) 39 (68.4) 17 (85.0) 316 (76.9) 82 (82.8) |
18 (45.0) 18 (31.6) 3 (15.0) 95 (23.1) 17 (17.2) |
3.95 (1.75,8.90) 2.23 (1.04,4.78) 0.85 (0.22,3.23) 1.45 (0.82,2.57) 1 |
13.974 (4) 10.956 (1)b 4.208 (1)b 0.056 (1)b 1.630 (1)b |
0.007 0.001b 0.04b 0.813b 0.202b |
3.46 (1.49,8.03) 0.76 (0.29,1.97) 0.96 (0.25,3.74) 1.40 (0.77,2.54) 1 |
12.371 (4) 8.313 (1)b 0.323 (1)b 0.002 (1)b 1.23 (1)b |
0.015 0.004b 0.570b 0.962b 0.267b |
| Work setting Primary care Hospital |
140 (67.3) 336 (80.2) |
68 (32.7) 83 (19.8) |
1.97 (1.35,2.87) 1 |
12.238 (1) |
<0.001 |
– | – | – |
| Work sector Private Government |
78 (71.6) 398 (76.8) |
31 (28.4) 120 (23.2) |
1.32 (0.83,2.10) 1 |
1.33 (1) |
0.249 |
– | – | – |
| Seeing stroke patients in daily practice No Yes |
83 (59.7) 393(80.5) |
56 (40.3) 95 (19.5) |
2.79 (1.86,4.19) 1 |
23.737 (1) |
<0.001 |
2.67 (1.73,4.10) 1 |
19.49 (1) |
<0.001 |
| Workplace with specialists No Yes |
76 (62.3) 400 (79.2) |
46 (37.7) 105 (20.8) |
2.31 (1.51,3.53) 1 |
14.275 (1) |
<0.001 |
2.41 (1.38,4.18) 1 |
9.364 (1) |
0.002 |
Notes:
Abbreviations: GP= General Practitioner; HO= House Officer; MO= Medical Officer; OR=Odds Ratio; CI= Confidence Interval; df= Degree of freedom
a
Likelihood Ratio test
b
Wald test
§
Others: medical assistants, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals