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Table 2 Odds ratios (ORs) for respondents’ choice of selected questions by work fields, education level and professional background respectively

From: Reprocessing and reuse of single-use medical devices in China: a pilot survey

Personal information

Agreement (Crude OR, 95% CI)a

Disagreement (Crude OR, 95% CI)a

Independent variable

B10

B13

B15

C5

D3

B13

D7

Work fields

Patient and other staff

  

1.00

    

Medical device manufacturers (foreign enterprise/joint venture)

–

–

3.71 (1.64–8.40)

–

–

–

–

Managing agent of medical device

–

–

3.80 (1.42–10.18)

–

–

–

–

Clinician/Nurse

–

–

3.74 (1.68–8.32)

–

–

–

–

Education level

Other degree

–

–

–

–

–

1.00

1.00

Master or above

     

2.65 (1.11–6.32)

2.36 (1.06–5.22)

Professional background

Other professional backgrounds

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

1.00

  

Clinical medicine

2.31 (1.29–4.14)

2.14 (1.14–4.01)

–

2.03 (1.15–3.59)

2.14 (1.29–3.55)

–

–

  1. a The OR value given means that p < 0.05
  2. -indicates that there is no statistically significant correlation between the personal information of respondents and their choices for the selected questions