Knowledge, Practice, and Associated Factors towards Prevention of Surgical Site Infection among Nurses Working in Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Multivariate logistic regression of factors associated with knowledge about surgical site infection prevention activities among nurses working in Gondar and Debre Markos Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015 ().

Variables	Knowledgeable		OR (95% CI)
	Yes	No	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Sex
Male	123 (51.5%)	116 (48.5%)	2.92 (1.93, 4.42)	3.22 (2.09, 4.95)
Female	49 (26.6%)	135 (73.4%)	1	1
Age
≥30 years	43 (51.8%)	40 (48.2%)	1.76 (1.09, 2.85)
<30 years	129 (37.9%)	211 (62.1%)	1
Service years
More than 5 years	58 (52.7%)	52 (47.3%)	1.95 (1.25, 3.02)	1.81 (1.12, 2.94)
Five years or less	114 (36.4%)	199 (63.6%)	1	1
Ever took IP training
Yes	95 (50.5%)	93 (49.5%)	2.10 (1.41, 3.11)	1.95 (1.27, 2.99)
No	77 (32.8%)	158 (67.2%)	1	1

Not significant.