Table 3.
Self-assessed knowledge of zoonoses and their prevention by veterinarians in Finland: agreement with the claim “I have good knowledge of zoonoses and their prevention”
| 2009 (N = 306) |
2016 (N = 262) |
Change in percentage unit | 2009 vs. 2016 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | P-value | Corrected P-value | ||
| Fully disagree | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3–2.8 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2–2.7 | -0.2 | 0.802 | 0.802 |
| Disagree | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0–1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0–1.5 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Slightly disagree | 24 | 7.8 | 5.3–11.4 | 25 | 9.5 | 6.6–13.7 | +1.7 | 0.471 | 0.538 |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 5 | 1.6 | 0.7–3.8 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.6–5.9 | +1.5 | 0.234 | 0.374 |
| Slightly agree∗ | 153 | 50.0 | 44.4–55.6 | 75 | 28.6 | 23.5–34.4 | -21.4 | <0.001 | 0.001 |
| Agree∗ | 96 | 31.4 | 26.4–36.8 | 123 | 46.9 | 41.0–53.0 | +15.5 | <0.001 | 0.001 |
| Fully agree | 25 | 8.2 | 5.6–11.8 | 27 | 10.3 | 7.2–14.6 | +2.1 | 0.387 | 0.516 |
| No answer | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0–1.2 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2–2.7 | +0.8 | 0.117 | 0.312 |
| Fully agree, agree or slightly agree | 274 | 89.5 | 85.6–92.5 | 225 | 85.9 | 81.1–89.6 | -3.6 | 0.183 | 0.365 |
CI, confidence interval; N, total number of answers to this question; n, number of participants choosing each option; N/A, not applicable.
∗
Statistically significant at 5% level.