Assessment of Knowledge and Practice on Hepatitis B Infection Prevention and Associated Factors among Health Science Students in Woldia University, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 3

Bivariable and multivariable results of computed variables affecting knowledge of participants regarding HBV among health science students in Woldia University, 2019.

Variables	Knowledge
	Poor	Good	COR	AOR	CI (95%)
Age in years
15–19	2	2
20–24	79	91	1.297	1.396	0.185–10.560
25–29	14	11	0.786	0.747	0.087–6.442
≥30	1	0	0.000	0.000
Sex
Male	46	58	0.984	0.345	0.0123–0.962
Female	39	46
Residence
Urban	40	48	0.33	1.54	0.788–3.039
Rural	56	56
Field of study
Nursing	26	20	0.492	0.071	0.019–0.258
Health officer	21	24	0.731	0.131	0.037–0.458
Midwifery	33	25	0.891	0.269	0.084–0.854
Medical laboratory	16	35
Academic year
Second-year	29	14
Third-year	35	40	2.367	8.0	2.57-24.8
Fourth-year	32	50	3.327	14.0	4.17-44.0

AOR = adjusted odds ratio; COR= crude odds ratio. Significantly associated.