Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice about Biomedical Waste Management and Associated Factors among the Healthcare Professionals at Debre Markos Town Healthcare Facilities, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 4

Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors against knowledge scores of study participants at Debre Markos town HCFs, 2017 ().

Variables			Knowledge		COR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value
			IK ()	AK ()
Age group		≤25 years	17	27	0.433 (0.17, 1.13)	0.086
		26–30	48	111	0.63 (0.28, 1.42)	0.265
		31–35	9	33	1.0 (0.35, 2.84)	1.00
		≥36 years	9	33	1
Job category		Doctor	8	23	0.69 (0.19, 2.42)	0.557
		Nurse	57	106	0.44 (0.16, 1.24)	0.120
		Midwife	7	20	0.68 (0.19, 2.50)	0.562
		Laboratory	10	39	0.93 (0.28, 3.08)	0.903
		Health officer	5	21	1
Educational level		MSc and MD^+	1	19	7.85 (1.01, 61.25)	0.049	4 (1.37, 149.52)	0.023
		BSc	55	115	0.86 (0.51, 1.47)	0.588
		Diploma	31	75	1		1
Department	Ward	Yes	32	61	0.71 (0.42, 1.20)	0.201
		No	55	148	1
	Laboratory	Yes	9	39	1.99 (0.92, 4.31)	0.081
		No	78	170	1
	Others	Yes	26	46	0.66 (0.38, 1.16)	0.152	2.22 (1.03, 4.77)	0.042
		No	61	163	1		1
Work experience		1–5 years	52	91	1
		6–10 years	23	75	1.86 (1.05, 3.32)	0.035
		>10 years	10	39	2.23 (1.03, 4.83)	0.042
Information source	Guideline	Yes	45	132	1.60 (0.97, 2.65)	0.069
		No	42	77	1
	Training	Yes	28	114	2.53 (1.50, 4.28)	0.001
		No	59	95	1
	Others	Yes	29	36	0.42 (0.24, 0.74)	0.003
		No	58	173	1
Previous training		Yes	20	89	2.49 (1.41, 4.39)	0.002
		No	67	120	1
Presence of BMWM committee in the facility		Yes	45	143	2.02 (1.21, 3.37)	0.007
		No and not sure	42	66	1
Presence of guideline		Yes	32	127	2.66 (1.59, 4.46)	0.001
		No and not sure	55	82	1
Attitude score		Unfavorable	38	62	1		1
		Favorable	49	147	1.84 (1.10, 3.08)	0.021	2.09 (1.09, 4.00)	0.026
Practice score		Inadequate	41	66	1		1
		Adequate	46	143	1.93 (1.16, 3.22)	0.012	2.28 (1.18, 4.42)	0.014

AK: adequate knowledge; IK: inadequate knowledge; MD⁺: medical specialists; MSc: master of science; BSc: bachelor of science; COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; statistically significant at value <0.05.