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