Table 2.

Factors associated with high level of knowledge about HMPX.

Variables		High (%)	Low (%)	Sig.	OR (CI 95 %)	Sig.
Age	18–30 years old	40 (58.8)	28 (41.2)	0.244	183.404 (4.81–6993.117)	0.005
	31–40 years old	21(75)	7 (25)	0.13	30.005 (1.819–494.833)	0.017
	Over 40 years old	9 (60)	6 (40)	0.781*	.	.
Sexe	Female	49 (62)	29 (38)	0.935	0.945 (0.285–3.129)	0.926
	Male	21 (63)	12 (37)		.	.
Marital Status	Married	33 (75)	11 (25)	0.0347	5.136 (1.19–22.162)	0.028
	Single	37 (55.2)	30 (44.8)		.	.
Residence	Rural	5 (50)	5 (50)	0.494*	0.353 (0.058–2.137)	0.257
	Urban	65 (64.4)	36 (35.8)		.	.
Occupation	Physician/pharmacist	43 (81.1)	10 (18.9)	0.0001	0.778 (0.053–11.531)	0.855
	Paramedics	9 (36)	16 (64)	0.002*	0.057 (0.003–1.092)	0.057
	Students	12 (46.2)	14 (55.8)	0.07	0.224 (0.011–4.668)	0.334
	Others	6 (85.7)	1 (14.3)	0.257*	.	.
Professional experience	Less than 2 years	11 (61.1)	7 (38.9)	1*	0.302 (0.047–1.926)	0.205
	2–5 years	19 (67.9)	9 (32.1)	0.543	1.28 (0.224–7.315)	0.781
	6–10 years	11 (73.3)	4 (26.7)	0.566*	2.73 (0.288–25.867)	0.381
	More than 10 years	13 (68.4)	6 (31.2)	0.795*	11.801 (0.531–262.378)	0.119
	Without	16 (51.6)	15 (48.4)	0.12	.	.
Sector	Private	12 (92.3)	1 (7.7)	0.029*	10.035 (0.379–265.897)	0.168
	Public	58 (59.2)	40 (40.8)	.	.	.
Working place	Out of province	32 (71.1)	13 (28.9)	0.147	3.8 (1.075–13.43)	0.038
	Province	38 (57.6)	28 (42.4)		.	.
Attended regional conferences	Yes	37 (54)	13 (46)	0.03	2.31 (0.679–7.856)	0.18
	No	33 (54.1)	28 (45.9)		.	.
Attended national conferences	Yes	28 (77.8)	8 (22.2)	0.026	1.253 (0.339–4.628)	0.735
	No	42 (56)	33 (44)		.
Attended international conferences	Yes	17 (89.5)	2 (10.5)	0.009*	5.232 (0.72–38.029)	0.102
	No	53 (57.6)	39 (42.4)		.

Data were analyzed using Chi-squared and Fisher (*) tests. Bold character indicates results with a significance difference (Sig.≤0.05).