Table 6 Factors associated with good practice toward COVID-19 prevention (N = 380)
From: Knowledge and practice of physicians during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Lebanon
Practice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor | Good | p-value | Adjusted OR (95%CI) | |
Gender | 0.72 | |||
Male | 119 (62.3) | 121 (64.0) | ||
Female | 72 (37.7) | 68 (36.0) | ||
Age categories (years) | 0.08 | |||
<40 | 105 (55%) | 87 (46%) | 1.00 | |
≥ 40 | 86 (45.0) | 102 (54.0) | 0.51 (0.24–1.07) | |
Marital status | 0.11 | |||
Married | 125 (65.4) | 138 (73.0) | ||
Others† | 66 (34.6) | 51 (27.0) | 1.00 | |
Specialty | 0.32 | 0.86 (0.52–1.40) | ||
General | 31 (16.2) | 24 (12.7) | ||
Practitioner | 160 (83.8) | 165 (87.3) | ||
Place of work | 0.75 | |||
Private hospitals | 159 (83.2) | 155 (82.0) | ||
Public hospitals | 32 (16.8) | 34 (18.0) | ||
Frontline worker | 0.008* | |||
No | 54 (28.3) | 32 (16.9) | 1.00 | |
Yes | 137 (71.7) | 157 (83.1) | 2.01 (1.21–3.34) | |
Years of experience (years) | 0.001* | |||
<10 | 115 (60.2) | 82 (43.4) | 1.00 | |
≥ 10 | 76 (39.8) | 107 (56.6) | 3.35 (1.60–7.02) | |
Knowledge | 0.049* | |||
Poor | 26 (13.6) | 14 (7.4) | 1.00 | |
Good | 165 (86.4) | 175 (92.6) | 2.04 (1.01–4.12) | |