Table 3.

knowledge towards RHD and its associated factors among nurses working in public and private cardiac centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2021

Characteristics	Category	Knowledge towards RHD		P-value	COR (Lower and upper limit)	P-value	AOR (Lower and upper limit)
		Poor n (%)	Good n (%)
Sex	Male	7(4.5%)	19(12.3%)	0.009*	3.5(1.37,8.89)	0.017*	4.6(1.33,16.04)
	Female	72(46.8%)	56(36.4) %		1		1
Age	21–28 years	55(35.7%)	37(24%)	0.045*	.34(.116,.976)	0.995	1(0.16,6.23)
	29–36 years	18(11.7%)	26(16.9%)	0.579	.72(.23,2.28)	0.861	1.16(.21,6.39)
	> 37 years	6(3.9%)	12(7.8%)		1		1
Work experience	< 1 years	26(18.4%)	5(3.5%)	0.000*	.089(.027,.28)	0.001*	.057(.011,0.3)
	years	31(22%)	41(29.1%)	0.23	.61(.26,1.397)	0.306	0.54(0.17,1.75)
	> 6 years	12(8.5%)	26(18.4%)		1		1
Monthly income	< 4500 ETB	25(16.2%)	12(7.8%)	0.001*	.2(.076,0.52)	0.552	0.63(.137,2.89)
	4501–7500	42(27.3%)	34(22.1%)	0.008*	.34(.15,.753)	0.251	.46(.125,1.722)
	> 7501 ETB	12(7.8%)	29(18.8%)		1		1
sore throat	Yes	15(9.7%)	37(24%)	0.00*	4.1(2.01,8.55)	0.001*	5.8(2.04,16.53)
	No	64(41.6%)	38(24.7%)		1		1
Diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease	Yes	8(5.2%)	20(13%)	0.01*	3.2(1.3,7.87)	0.49	1.6(0.42,6.24)
	No	71(46.1%)	55(35.7%)		1		1
Experience in managing RHD patients	Yes	39(25.3%)	53(34.4%)	0.008*	2.47(1.27,4.8)	0.22	1.8(0.69,4.82)
	No	40(26%)	22(14.3%)		1		1
Learned formal education in your university about RHD?	Yes	57(37%)	66(42.9%)	0.017*	2.8(1.27,6.64)	0.039*	4.3(1.07,17.5)
	No	37(14.3%)	9(5.6%)		1		1
Training on RHD	Yes	7(4.5%)	28(18.2%)	0.000*	6.1(2.47,15.1)	000*	10.9(2.93,40.6)
	No	72(46.8%)	47(30.8%)		1		1
	> 7501 ETB	12(7.8%)	29(18.8%)		1		1

1: constant, *Significant at p-value of < 0.05