Table 4.
Multivariable analysis of the factors associated with the knowledge score
| Overall knowledge score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | Good | Total | P value | aOR | CI 95% | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | Lower | Upper | |||
| Gender | 0.032 | ||||||
| Male | 138 (59.7%) | 93 (40.3%) | 231 (100%) | Ref. | |||
| Female | 393 (69.9%) | 169 (30.1%) | 562 (100%) | 0.870 | 0.613 | 0.941 | |
| Age (years) | 0.003 | ||||||
| 18–29 | 230 (65.0%) | 124 (35.0%) | 354 (100%) | Ref. | |||
| 30–49 | 159 (63.9%) | 90 (36.1%) | 249 (100%) | 0.743 | 0.381 | 0.908 | |
| 50 and above | 142 (74.7%) | 48 (25.3%) | 190 (100%) | 0.514 | 0.317 | 0.771 | |
| Marital status | 0.391 | ||||||
| Single | 181 (65.3%) | 96 (34.7%) | 277 (100%) | ||||
| Married | 296 (64.8%) | 161 (35.2%) | 457 (100%) | ||||
| Other (widowed/divorced) | 54 (91.5%) | 5 (8.5%) | 59 (100%) | ||||
| Educational level | 0.048 | ||||||
| Secondary or below | 120 (62.8%) | 73 (37.2%) | 193 (100%) | Ref. | |||
| University or above | 396 (66.0%) | 204 (34.0%) | 600 (100%) | 1.243 | 1.032 | 3.801 | |
| Occupation | 0.006 | ||||||
| Outside the medical field | 281 (72.2%) | 108 (27.8%) | 389 (100%) | Ref. | |||
| Medical field | 129 (58.9%) | 90 (41.1%) | 219 (100%) | 1.932 | 1.311 | 3.419 | |
| Not working | 121 (65.4%) | 64 (34.6%) | 185 (100%) | 1.132 | 0.821 | 2.712 | |
| Urbanicity | 0.023 | ||||||
| Urban | 348 (59.2%) | 240 (40.8%) | 588 (100%) | Ref. | |||
| Rural | 183 (89.3%) | 22 (10.7%) | 205 (100%) | 0.412 | 0.227 | 0.861 | |
| Suffering from chronic disease/immunodeficiency | 0.032 | ||||||
| No | 438 (68.4%) | 202 (31.6%) | 640 (100%) | Ref. | |||
| Yes | 93 (60.8%) | 60 (39.2%) | 153 (100%) | 1.231 | 1.128 | 2.002 | |
| Self-reported economic situation | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Low | 499 (81.1%) | 116 (29.9%) | 615 (100%) | Ref. | |||
| Moderate/high | 100 (56.2%) | 78 (43.8%) | 178 (100%) | 2.131 | 1.431 | 4.221 | |
N frequency, % Percentage, aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval