Table 4.
Multivariable linear regression analysis for estimates of predictors associated with getting a good knowledge score about MPOXV among physicians who participated in the study (n = 398).
| Good Knowledge | Univariate | Multivariate | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | n | (%) | n | (%) | p-Value | OR | 95%CI | p-Value | OR | 95%CI | ||
| Age (years) | ||||||||||||
| 26–35 (ref) | 230 | (57.8) | 124 | (54) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 36–45 | 129 | (32.4) | 83 | (64.3) | 0.02 * | 0.46 | 0.24 | 0.89 | 0.46 | 0.71 | 0.28 | 1.77 |
| 46–56 | 24 | (6) | 10 | (41.7) | <0.01 * | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.54 | 0.02 * | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.69 |
| >56 | 15 | (3.8) | 2 | (13.3) | 0.07 | 0.33 | 0.10 | 1.09 | 0.17 | 0.27 | 0.04 | 1.77 |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male (ref) | 226 | (56.8) | 107 | (47.3) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Female | 172 | (43.2) | 112 | (65.1) | <0.01 * | 2.08 | 1.38 | 3.12 | <0.01 * | 3.69 | 2.13 | 6.39 |
| Marital Status | ||||||||||||
| Single (ref) | 203 | (51) | 120 | (59.1) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Married | 195 | (49) | 99 | (50.2) | <0.01 * | 0.09 | 0.71 | 0.48 | 0.02 * | 0.48 | 0.25 | 0.90 |
| Level of work | ||||||||||||
| General practitioner (ref) | 115 | (28.9) | 74 | (64.3) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Resident | 147 | (36.9) | 82 | (55.8) | 0.16 | 0.69 | 0.42 | 1.15 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.25 | 3.01 |
| Specialist | 64 | (16.1) | 29 | (45.3) | 0.01 * | 0.46 | 0.25 | 0.85 | 0.24 | 0.45 | 0.12 | 1.72 |
| Consultant | 72 | (18.1) | 34 | (47.2) | 0.02 * | 0.49 | 0.27 | 0.90 | 0.82 | 1.20 | 0.24 | 6.14 |
| Medical Specialty | ||||||||||||
| General Medical (ref) | 97 | (24.4) | 60 | (61.9) | 1 | |||||||
| Family Medicine | 60 | (15.1) | 33 | (55) | 0.37 | 0.75 | 0.39 | 1.45 | ||||
| Pediatrics | 33 | (8.3) | 12 | (36.4) | 0.06 | 0.35 | 0.15 | 0.79 | ||||
| Internal Medicine | 36 | (9) | 23 | (63.9) | 0.83 | 1.09 | 0.49 | 2.41 | ||||
| Emergency Medicine | 4 | (1) | 2 | (50) | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.09 | 4.58 | ||||
| Preventive Medicine | 71 | (17.8) | 36 | (50.7) | 0.15 | 0.63 | 0.34 | 1.18 | ||||
| Dermatology | 12 | (3) | 6 | (50) | 0.43 | 0.62 | 0.19 | 2.05 | ||||
| Other | 85 | (21.4) | 47 | (55.3) | 0.37 | 0.76 | 0.42 | 1.38 | ||||
| Work Sector | ||||||||||||
| Governmental (ref) | 335 | (84.2) | 172 | (51.3) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Private | 63 | (15.8) | 47 | (74.6) | <0.01 * | 2.78 | 1.52 | 5.10 | <0.01 * | 3.76 | 1.67 | 8.44 |
| Medical practice experience | ||||||||||||
| Less than 1 year (ref) | 107 | (26.9) | 67 | (62.6) | 1 | |||||||
| 1–5 years | 157 | (39.4) | 83 | (52.9) | 0.12 | 0.67 | 0.41 | 1.11 | ||||
| More than 5 years | 134 | (33.7) | 69 | (51.5) | 0.08 | 0.63 | 0.38 | 1.06 | ||||
| Region of work in Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||
| Southern region (ref) | 58 | (14.6) | 35 | (60) | 1 | |||||||
| Northern region | 36 | (9) | 14 | (38.9) | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.18 | 0.98 | ||||
| Central region | 101 | (25.4) | 53 | (52.5) | 0.33 | 0.73 | 0.38 | 1.39 | ||||
| Western region | 138 | (34.7) | 76 | (55.1) | 0.49 | 0.81 | 0.43 | 1.50 | ||||
| Eastern region | 65 | (16.3) | 41 | (63.1) | 0.76 | 1.12 | 0.54 | 2.33 | ||||
| Information on HMPX during medical school or residency years education | ||||||||||||
| No (ref) | 324 | (81.4) | 169 | (52.2) | 1 1 | |||||||
| Yes | 74 | (18.6) | 50 | (67.6) | 0.02 * | 1.91 | 1.12 | 3.26 | <0.01 * | 2.81 | 1.44 | 5.46 |
| Heard about HMPX before | ||||||||||||
| No (ref) | 225 | (56.6) | 106 | (47) | 1 | |||||||
| Yes | 173 | (43.5) | 113 | (65.3) | 0.11 | 1.38 | 0.93 | 2.07 | ||||
| First time you heard information about monkeypox | ||||||||||||
| I did not hear about it (ref) | 18 | (5) | 8 | (44.4) | 1 | |||||||
| Within several days or weeks ago | 203 | (50.5) | 118 | (58.1) | 0.26 | 1.73 | 0.66 | 4.58 | ||||
| Within last month or later | 177 | (44.5) | 93 | (52.5) | 0.51 | 1.38 | 0.52 | 3.67 | ||||
OR = odds ratio. C.I. = confidence interval. * Statistically significant (p < 0.05). (ref) = reference.