Table 3.
Multinomial logistic regression analysis of factors influencing KAPs of antibiotics use and antibiotics resistance among respondents.
Predictor Level | Knowledge (AK) | Attitudes (AC) | Practices (AU) | |||||||
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OR (Class 2/1) | CI | p | OR (Class 2/1) | CI | p | OR (Class 2/1) | CI | p | ||
Age | 18–24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
25–34 | 0.736 | 0.545–0.993 | 0.045 | 0.489 | 0.344–0.689 | <0.001 | 0.827 | 0.563–1.197 | 0.322 | |
35–44 | 0.436 | 0.283–0.668 | <0.001 | 0.256 | 0.137–0.451 | <0.001 | 0.503 | 0.258–0.916 | 0.032 | |
45–54 | 0.433 | 0.261–0.711 | 0.001 | 0.227 | 0.101–0.466 | <0.001 | 0.898 | 0.459–1.694 | 0.746 | |
55–64 | 0.244 | 0.068–0.689 | 0.014 | 0.818 | 0.251–2.272 | 0.715 | 1.423 | 0.437–3.963 | 0.523 | |
>65 | 0.499 | 0.064–3.086 | 0.453 | 0.463 | 0.023–3.407 | 0.503 | 0 | NA | 0.972 | |
Sex | Male | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Female | 0.57 | 0.465–0.699 | <0.001 | 0.449 | 0.361–0.558 | <0.001 | 0.919 | 0.717–1.182 | 0.508 | |
Education | Secondary | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
High school | 0.207 | 0.047–0.639 | 0.014 | 0.378 | 0.14–1.008 | 0.05 | 1.827 | 0.515–11.617 | 0.424 | |
Graduate | 0.161 | 0.036–0.504 | 0.005 | 0.353 | 0.129–0.96 | 0.04 | 2.19 | 0.606–14.049 | 0.303 | |
Postgraduate | 0.092 | 0.02–0.305 | <0.001 | 0.34 | 0.112–1.018 | 0.053 | 2.031 | 0.515–13.594 | 0.373 | |
Civil Status | Married | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
In a relationship | 1.155 | 0.818–1.63 | 0.411 | 1.584 | 1.006–2.539 | 0.051 | 1.815 | 1.128–2.977 | 0.016 | |
Single | 1.116 | 0.785–1.583 | 0.541 | 2.155 | 1.37–3.451 | 0.001 | 2.076 | 1.287–3.41 | 0.003 | |
Income | <RON 1500 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
RON 1501–3000 | 1.356 | 1.02–1.804 | 0.036 | 1.6 | 1.162–2.204 | 0.004 | 1.52 | 1.07–2.163 | 0.02 | |
RON 3001–4500 | 1.279 | 0.875–1.875 | 0.205 | 1.813 | 1.172–2.79 | 0.007 | 1.17 | 0.709–1.899 | 0.53 | |
>RON 4500 | 1.205 | 0.786–1.85 | 0.394 | 1.756 | 1.064–2.875 | 0.026 | 1.528 | 0.897–2.566 | 0.113 | |
Undisclosed | 1.137 | 0.889–1.454 | 0.307 | 1.65 | 1.256–2.175 | <0.001 | 1.103 | 0.805–1.52 | 0.546 |
ORs: odds ratios; CIs: 95% confidence intervals; p: p-value.