Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practice of Nurses on Surveillance of Adverse Events following Childhood Immunization in Nairobi, Kenya

Table 8

Logistic regression of knowledge, perception, and practice with sociodemographics.

Characteristic	Wald	OR (95% CI)	value
Good knowledge
Level of nursing education
Certificate	Reference
Diploma or degree nursing education	5.19	1.76 (1.08–2.85)	0.023
AEFI training
No	Reference
Yes	64.48	9.65 (5.55–16.78)	<0.0001
Good perception
Age
20–29	Reference
30–39	8.99	3.28 (1.51–7.12)	0.003
40–49	1.72	1.65 (0.78–3.47)	0.189
≥50	0.65	1.37 (0.64–2.96)	0.421
Level of nursing education
Certificate	Reference
Diploma or degree nursing education	13.66	2.54 (1.55–4.17)	<0.0001
AEFI training
No	Reference
Yes	15.51	2.67 (1.64–4.35)	<0.0001
Good practice
Years of experience
0–9	Reference
10–19	1.08	1.43 (0.73–2.78)	0.298
20–29	22.72	4.97 (2.57–9.61)	<0.0001
≥30	10.43	5.01 (1.88–13.30)	0.001
AEFI training
No	Reference
Yes	5.33	1.78 (1.09–2.89)	0.021

Data shown are odds ratios (OR) of variables with 95% confidence interval (CI). Values in bold are significant values.