Table 7 Association between respondent’s characteristics and knowledge on management and reporting of Lassa fever
From: Diagnostic proficiency and reporting of Lassa fever by physicians in Osun State of Nigeria
Knowledge | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Good | Fair | χ2 | p-value |
Age: | ||||
< 40 years | 29 (40.3) | 43 (59.7) | ||
≥ 40 years | 30 (44.1) | 38 (55.9) | 0.211 | 0.386 |
Gender: | ||||
Male | 55 (42.6) | 89 (74.2) | ||
Female | 12 (34.3) | 7 (24.1) | 0.794 | 0.244 |
Ethnicity: | ||||
Yoruba | 59 (39.1) | 92 (60.9) | ||
Igbo | 4 (50.0) | 4 (50.0) | ||
Other | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) | 3.646 | 0.162 |
Marital status: | ||||
Currently married | 59 (42.1) | 81 (57.9) | ||
Currently not married | 4 (33.3) | 16 (66.7) | 0.658 | 0.281 |
Years of graduation: | ||||
> 20 years | 40 (49.4) | 41 (50.6) | ||
≤ 20 years | 25 (33.3) | 50 (66.7) | 4.127 | 0.031 |
Years of residency: | ||||
≤ 5 years | 10 (41.7) | 14 (58.3) | ||
> 5 years | 7 (31.8) | 15 (68.2) | 0.478 | 0.351 |
Primary health care | ||||
practice: Yes | 25 (39.1) | 39 (60.9) | ||
No | 10 (45.5) | 12 (54.5) | 0.277 | 0.389 |
Secondary health care | ||||
practice: Yes | 45 (42.5) | 61 (57.5) | ||
No | 2(33.3) | 4 (66.7) | 0.194 | 0.503 |
Tertiary health care | ||||
practice: Yes | 38 (40.4) | 56 (59.6) | ||
No | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0.740 | 0.650 |