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Table 5 Factors associated with health workers practice on tuberculosis infection control, Addis Ababa City, 2014

From: Assessment of knowledge and practice of health workers towards tuberculosis infection control and associated factors in public health facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

  

Good practice

Poor practice

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Frequency

Frequency

Gender

Male

118

110

1

 

Female

164

188

0.81 (0.58-1.13)

 

Age group

18-29

188

205

1

 

30-39

62

77

1.3 (0.86-1.87)

 

> = 40

33

17

1.1 (0.61-1.93)

 

Marital status

Single

154

154

1

 

Married

118

142

0.83 (0.59-1.16)

 

Divorced

11

3

3.67 (1.0-13.4)

 

Educational status

Diploma

147

133

1

1

1st degree above

135

166

0.74 (0.535-1.02)

0.64 (0.47-0.88)*

Profession

Doctor

12

23

1

 

Nurse

162

166

0.54 (0.23-1.28)

 

Health officer

35

31

1.01 (0.58-1.76)

 

Laboratory personnel

21

28

1.2 (0.58-2.36)

 

Pharmacy personnel

29

30

0.78 (0.36-1.66)

 

Others

24

21

1.18 (0.54-2.57)

 

Currently working unit

OPD

92

93

1

 

TB clinic

14

12

1.18 (0.517-2.69)

 

Laboratory

18

25

0.728 (0.37-1.42)

 

Pharmacy

24

22

1.10 (0.577-2.10)

 

Triage

12

12

1.10(0.139-7.33)

 

Medical ward

16

16

1.01(0.431-2.37)

 

Others

107

119

0.91(0.62-1.34)

 

Experience in HF

<3 years

170

181

1

1

3.5-6 years

68

82

0.83 (0.60-1.14)

0.79 (0.53-1.17)

>6 years

45

36

1.30 (0.81-1.94)

0.99 (0.62-1.57)

Had experience in TB clinic

No

215

262

1

1

Yes

68

37

1.84 (1.23-2.74)*

1.77 (1.02-3.07)**

Have TB training

No

203

244

1

1

Yes

80

54

1.79 (1.21-2.65)*

1.48 (1.87-2.51)**

Knowledge level

Poor knowledge

92

118

1

1

Good knowledge

191

181

1.06 (0.86-1.29)

1.12 (0.85-1.49)

  1. *Significant association (p < 0.05) crude. **Significant association, (p < 0.05) adjusted.
  2. X-ray personnel, midwife, physiotherapy personnel.
  3. (MCH, delivery, EPI, FP, radiography, physiotherapy, dressing, injection).
  4. OPD = outpatient department, HF = health facility.