Table 3 Antibiotics self-medication and associated factors among healthcare professionals in Tertiary Care hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia (N = 410).
Self-medication | Total | P-v | COR | CI | P-v | AOR | CI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |||||||
Job category | Doctor | 19 | 73 | 92 | 0.000 | 8.78 | 3.16 | 24.39 | 0.000 | 23.393 | 6.626 | 82.587 |
Pharmacist | 9 | 30 | 39 | 0.001 | 7.61 | 2.39 | 24.28 | 0.001 | 7.785 | 2.301 | 26.343 | |
Nurse | 90 | 110 | 200 | 0.031 | 2.79 | 1.101 | 7.087 | 0.044 | 2.809 | 1.029 | 7.669 | |
Midwife | 40 | 16 | 56 | 0.868 | 0.914 | 0.317 | 2.641 | 0.785 | 0.854 | 0.276 | 2.647 | |
Lab | 16 | 7 | 23 | |||||||||
Age | 24–30 | 109 | 156 | 265 | 0.078 | 4.29 | 0.851 | 21.672 | 0.002 | 23.87 | 3.214 | 177.29 |
31–40 | 59 | 78 | 137 | 0.099 | 3.96 | 0.773 | 20.357 | 0.003 | 20.34 | 2.753 | 150.36 | |
> 41 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
Education status | Diploma | 21 | 5 | 26 | ||||||||
Degree | 120 | 155 | 275 | 0.001 | 5.42 | 1.988 | 14.80 | 0.000 | 21.03 | 5.752 | 76.940 | |
Masters | 23 | 53 | 76 | 0.000 | 9.67 | 3.250 | 28.82 | 0.000 | 40.392 | 10.084 | 161.79 | |
Specialized | 10 | 23 | 33 | 0.000 | 9.66 | 2.836 | 32.90 | 0.000 | 20.62 | 4.697 | 90.53 | |
Knowledge | Poor | 55 | 115 | 170 | 0.001 | 2.05 | 1.366 | 3.09 | 0.414 | 1.268 | 0.718 | 2.239 |
Good | 119 | 121 | 240 | |||||||||
Attitude | Poor | 82 | 155 | 237 | 0.000 | 2.14 | 1.438 | 3.206 | 0.023 | 1.909 | 1.094 | 3.330 |
Good | 92 | 81 | 173 | |||||||||
