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 5
Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors against attitude scores of study participants at Debre Markos town HCFs, 2017 ().
Variables
Attitude
COR (95% CI)
value
AOR (95% CI)
value
UA ()
FA ()
Sex
Male
52
125
1.63 (.10, 2.65)
0.051
Female
48
71
1
Information source from guideline
Yes
48
129
2.09 (1.28, 3.41)
0.003
1.82 (1.07, 3.10)
0.028
No
52
67
1
1
Educational level
MSc and MD+
4
16
3.85 (1.21, 12.29)
0.023
BSc
44
126
2.76 (1.65, 4.60)
0.001
2.53 (1.47, 4.38)
0.001
Diploma
52
54
1
1
Type of facility
Hospital
57
140
1.64 (0.74, 3.62)
0.200
Health center
31
38
0.82 (0.34, 1.95)
0.650
Clinic
12
18
1
Training
Yes
27
82
1.2 (0.32, .86)
0.010
1.4 (0.26, 0.80)
0.006
No
53
134
1
1
Knowledge score
Inadequate
38
49
0.54 (0.32, 0.91)
0.021
0.44 (0.25, 0.78)
0.005
Adequate
62
147
1
1
FA: favorable attitude; UA: unfavorable attitude; 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 a value of <0.05.
