Table 2: Factors associated with Medical students’ knowledge of hepatitis B infection in a Private University of Medicine in Senegal, 2019 (N = 284).
|
Variables |
Total |
Good Knowledge n (%) |
OR [IC95%] |
p-value |
ORa [IC95%] |
p-value |
|
Department |
|
|
|
0.001 |
|
0.77 |
|
Pharmacy/Odontology |
73 |
11 (15.1) |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Medicine |
211 |
66 (31.3) |
2.6 [1.3-5.2] |
|
1.3 [0.6-2.9] |
|
|
Level of education |
|
|
|
< 10-6 |
|
< 10-6 |
|
Master 1 |
160 |
25 (15.6) |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Master 2 and more |
124 |
52 (41.9) |
3.9 [2.3-6.8] |
|
3.7 [1.9-6.9] |
|
|
Sources of information |
|
|
|
10-3 |
|
|
|
< 2 sources |
114 |
19 (16.7) |
1 |
|
1 |
0.002 |
|
≥ 2 sources |
170 |
58 (34.1) |
2.6 [1.4-4.6] |
|
2.7 [1.4-4.9] |
|
|
Hepatitis B vaccination status |
|
|
|
0.19 |
|
0.18 |
|
No Yes |
110 174 |
25 (22.7) 52 (29.9) |
1 1.4 [0.8-2.5] |
|
1 1.4 [0.8-2.5] |
|
|
Age group (years) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
≤ 23 |
149 |
39 (26.2) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
> 23 |
135 |
38 (28.1) |
1.1 [0.6-1.9] |
|
|
|
|
Sex |
|
|
|
0.37 |
|
|
|
Female |
167 |
42 (25.1) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Male |
117 |
35 (29.9) |
1.3 [0.7-2.1] |
|
|
|
|
Marital status |
|
|
|
0.31 |
|
|
|
Not married |
262 |
69 (26.3) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Married |
22 |
8 (36.4) |
1.6 [0.6-4.0] |
|
|
|
|
Screening of hepatitis B |
|
|
|
0.39 |
|
|
|
No |
126 |
31 (24.6) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
158 |
46 (29.1) |
1.3 [0.7-2.1] |
|
|
|