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Table 4 Association between knowledge, misconceptions, behaviours and risk perception of getting Ebola

From: Risk perception during the 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

 

Crude OR (95% CI)

P-value

Adjusted ORa (95% CI)

P-value

Adjusted ORb (95% CI)

P-value

Knowledge

 No

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

 Yes

1.50 (1.21–1.86)

0.000

1.46 (1.17–1.81)

0.001

1.42 (1.15–1.75)

0.001

Misconceptions

 No

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

 Yes

0.66 (0.54–0.80)

0.000

0.69 (0.56–0.83)

0.000

0.67 (0.55–0.82)

0.000

Hand washing

 No

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

 Yes

1.45 (1.17–1.81)

0.001

1.45 (1.16–1.81)

0.000

1.40 (1.13–1.74)

0.002

Avoid physical contact

 No

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

 Yes

1.17 (0.97–1.40)

0.094

1.13 (0.95–1.35)

0.178

1.08 (0.91–1.29)

0.380

Avoid burials

 No

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

 Yes

0.81 (0.66–1.01)

0.059

0.80 (0.64–0.99)

0.043

0.77 (0.62–0.96)

0.023

  1. aAdjusted for: region, sex, age, religion, education, KAP survey
  2. bAdjusted for: region, sex, age, religion, education, KAP survey and all information sources