Research Article

Willingness, Attitude, and Associated Factors towards Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting among Healthcare Providers in Mizan Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 6

Factors associated with attitude of healthcare providers towards ADR reporting in Mizan Tepi University Teaching Hospital from August to September 2021.

VariablesAttitude categoryAOR (95% CI) value
Good attitudePoor attitude

Sex
 Male59 (54.13%)50 (45.87%)1.00
 Female43 (53.1%)38 (46.9%)1.05 (0.55–2.0)0.884

Age
 23–2740 (53.33%)35 (46.67%)0.68 (0.21–2.19)0.518
 28–3242 (53.16%)37 (46.84%)1.00
 >3220 (55.56%)16 (44.44%)0.62 (0.23–1.68)0.353

Professional distribution
 Physician23 (53.49%)20 (46.51%)1.76 (0.29–10.48)0.536
 Pharmacy professional17 (53.12%)15 (46.88%)3.05 (1.49–18.73)0.029
 Public Health Officer3 (60.00%)2 (40.00%)3.38 (0.59–19.11)0.168
 Nurse58 (53.7%)50 (46.3%)1.00

Years of service
 1–3 years59 (53.64%)51 (46.36%)1.00
 4–6 years29 (53.7%)25 (46.3%)2.88 (1.65–5.47)0.044
 ≥6 years14 (53.85%)12 (46.15%)1.19 (0.39–3.63)0.756

value <0.05 was considered significant.