Journal of Tropical Medicine / 2022 / Article / Tab 6 / Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Community towards an Onchocerciasis Elimination Program from South West Ethiopia Table 6 Results of the bivariate binary logistic regression analysis of knowledge, attitude, and practice towards the elimination of onchocerciasis from Gesha town, Ethiopia.
Variables Category COR (95% CI) ValueCOR (95% CI) ValueCOR (95% CI) ValueKnowledge towards disease Attitude towards disease Practice towards disease Sex Male 0.017 (0.008–0.035) 0.000 0.059 (0.033–0.105) 0.000 0.088 (0.051–0.152) 0.000 Age 18–25 — — — — — — 26–35 0.003 (0.000–0.027) 0.000 0.039 (0.015–0.101) 0.000 0.077 (0.033–0.177) 0.000 36–45 0.008 (0.001–0.063) 0.000 0.105 (0.040–0.276) 0.465 0.085 (0.033–0.216) 0.000 46–55 0.063 (0.007–0.548) 0.012 0.633 (0.186–2.156) 0.465 0.556 (0.188–1.640) 0.287 56–65 0.293 (0.031–2.724) 0.280 0.667 (0.236–1.880) 0.443 0.771 (0.034–1.953) 0.583 Educational status Degree and above — — — — — — Illiterate 0.004 (0.001–0.014) 0.000 0.045 (0.021–0.095) 0.000 0.047 (0.022–0.100) 0.000 Primary school 0.011 (0.008–0.037) 0.000 0.050 (0.020–0.125) 0.000 0.063 (0.025–0.159) 0.000 Secondary school 0.278 (0.001–2.976) 0.290 1.129 (0.122–10.437) 0.915 0.667 (0.113–3.934) 0.654 Diploma 0.489 (0.125–1.919) 0.305 0.881 (0.256–2.177) 0.783 0.152 (0.493–2.690) 0.783 Occupation Civil servant — — — — — — Farmer 0.045 (0.018–0.114) 0.000 0.162 (0.078–0.336) 0.000 0.246 (0.118–0.513) 0.000 Merchant 0.574 (0.279–1.182) 0.132 0.758 (0.371–1.547) 0.446 1.020 (0.499–2.083) 0.957 Student 12.83 (1.611–10.221) 0.016 2.576 (0.837–7.929) 0.099 4.185 (1.361–12.869) 0.013