Research Article
Hepatitis B Knowledge, Testing, and Vaccination History among Undergraduate Public Health Students in Ghana
Table 5
Logistic regression analysis of factors associated with HBV testing.
| Factors | OR (95% CI) | P-value | AOR (95% CI) | P-value |
| Sex | | 0.4218 | | | Male | 1 | | | | Female | 1.26 (0.72-2.20) | | | | Age group (years) | | 0.0497 | | | <20 | 1 | | 1 | | 20 – 29 | 1.52 (0.67-3.42) | | 1.04 (0.38, 2.83) | 0.934 | 30+ | 3.27 (1.18-9.09) | | 1.18 (0.25, 5.55) | 0.830 | Level of study | | 0.0018 | | | 1st Year | 1 | | 1 | | 2nd year | 3.40 (1.61-7.20) | | 3.13 (1.30-7.52) | 0.011 | 3rd year | 3.68 (1.70-7.97) | | 2.30 (0.88, 6.05) | 0.091 | 4th year | 1.96 (0.86-4.46) | | 1.55 (0.58, 4.14) | 0.377 | Programme of study | | 0.6692 | | | Disease control | 1 | | 1 | | Health promotion | 1.00 (0.37-2.74) | | | | Mental Health | 3.00 (0.30-29.87) | | | | Environmental Health | 0.57 (0.16-2.08) | | | | Health information | 0.74 (0.35-1.55) | | | | Nutrition | 1.19 (0.62-2.30) | | | | Religion | | 0.2099 | | | Christian | 1 | | | | Muslim | 0.33 (0.07-1.69) | | | | Traditionalist | 3.00 (0.31-29.30) | | | | Marital status | | 0.0278 | | | Married/co-habiting | 1 | | 1 | | Never married | 0.42 (0.19-0.93) | | 0.94 (0.24, 3.60) | 0.924 | Type of student | | 0.0033 | | | Top-up | 1 | | 1 | | Regular | 0.39 (0.20-0.74) | | 0.80 (0.23, 2.82) | 0.729 | Permanent residential status | | 0.9201 | | | Urban | 1 | | | | Rural | 0.97 (0.50-1.86) | | | | Knowledge level | | 0.0044 | | | Poor | 1 | | 1 | | Moderate | 3.95 (1.27-12.32) | | 4.76 (1.35, 16.82) | 0.015 | Good | 7.14 (1.99-25.59) | | 5.41 (1.31, 22.30) | 0.020 |
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