Table 5 Association between respondent’s characteristics and Lassa fever knowledge
From: Diagnostic proficiency and reporting of Lassa fever by physicians in Osun State of Nigeria
Knowledge | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Appropriate | Not appropriate | χ2 | P-value |
Age: | ||||
< 40 years | 14 (21.9) | 50 (78.1) | ||
≥ 40 years | 51 (77.3) | 15 (22.7) | 0.907 | 1.000 |
Gender: | ||||
Male | 31 (25.8) | 89 (74.2) | ||
Female | 22 (75.9) | 7 (24.1) | 0.851 | 1.000 |
Ethnicity: | ||||
Yoruba | 34 (24.6) | 104 (75.4) | ||
Igbo | 3 (37.5) | 5 (62.5) | ||
Other | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 0.757 | 0.685 |
Marital status: | ||||
Currently married | 34 (26.6) | 94 (73.4) | ||
Currently not married | 4 (19.0) | 17 (81.0) | 0.414 | 0.594 |
Years of graduation: | ||||
More than 20 years | 20 (26.7) | 55 (73.3) | ||
10–20 years | 16 (23.2) | 53 (76.8) | 0.865 | 0.471 |
Less than 10 years | ||||
Years of residency: | ||||
≤ 5 years | 6 (27.3) | 16 (72.7) | ||
> 5 years | 5 (25.0) | 15 (75.0) | 0.867 | 1.000 |
Primary health care | ||||
practice: Yes | 13 (20) | 52 (80) | ||
No | 25 (29.8) | 59 (70.2) | 0.175 | 0.190 |
Secondary health care | ||||
practice: Yes | 19 (19.8) | 77 (80.2) | ||
No | 19 (35.8) | 34 (64.2) | 0.031 | 0.049 |
Tertiary health care | ||||
practice: Yes | 23 (26.7) | 63 (73.3) | ||
No | 15 (23.8) | 48 (76.2) | 0.685 | 0.708 |