Table 1.

Factors influencing the professional's PEP Knowledge Score (KS).

Variables	Estimate	Standard Error	P-value
Training on PEP administration (yes)	0.30	0.13	0.02*
Rio Grande do Sul	−0.22	0.16	0.16
Santa Catarina	−0.20	0.17	0.23
Cities with low notification level	−0.31	0.13	0.01*
Number of professionals filling the SINAN form	−0.00	0.01	0.99
Number of years completing the SINAN form	−0.01	0.01	0.22
Professional's confidence on applying PEP (none)	−0.22	0.15	0.14

Results from a generalized linear model (with Poisson distribution) testing the correlation between professional's PEP KS (0–4) and several variables. The state ID variable used the state of Rio Grande do Norte as the baseline. Professional's confidence on applying PEP was included as a binomial variable divided between “none” or “low/medium/high,” which was selected over a variable with 4 categories (i.e., none, low, medium and high) based on the model's higher AIC when including the latest.

^*Significant effect.