Research Article

Poor COVID-19 Preventive Practice among Healthcare Workers in Northwest Ethiopia, 2020

Table 4

Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis for factors associated with poor COVID-19 preventive practice among HCWs in Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

VariablesPoor preventive practiceCOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI) value
YesNo

Age
20–30273 (43.33)119 (18.89)2.63 (1.51, 4.61)1.46 (0.65, 3.28)0.357
31–4086 (13.65)94 (14.92)1.05 (0.58, 1.90)0.72 (0.35, 1.45)0.355
4127 (4.29)31 (4.92)1.0

Sex
Female133 (21.11)102 (16.19)1.01.0
Male253 (40.16)142 (22.54)1.37 (0.98, 1.90)1.48 (1.02, 2.10)0.031

Level of education
Diploma60 (9.5)56 (8.9)0.53 (0.31, 0.91)0.68 (0.38, 1.28)0.207
BSc228 (36.2)127 (20.2)0.89 (0.56, 1.40)1.05 (0.64, 1.72)0.846
MSc27 (4.3)26 (4.1)0.51 (0.26, 1.00)0.85 (0.40, 1.80)0.670
Physician71 (11.3)35 (5.6)1.01.0

Year of working experience
1–5 years218 (34.6)104 (16.5)3.16 (2.05, 4.71)1.71 (0.90, 3.24)0.102
6–10 years114 (18.1)60 (9.5)2.82 (1.77, 4.48)2.22 (1.23, 4.00)0.008
≥11 years54 (8.6)80 (12.7)1.01.0

Attitude
Poor130 (20.6)55 (8.7)1.75 (1.21, 2.52)1.51 (1.03, 2.22)0.035
Good256 (40.6)189 (30.0)1.01.0