Table 3 Associated factors of knowledge towards cytotoxic drugs handling among health professionals at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 412)
Variables | Categories | Knowledge | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good (%) | Poor (%) | ||||
Sex | Male | 129 (58.6) | 91 (41.4) | 1.68 (1.13,2.48) | 1.84 (1.13,3.00)* |
Female | 88 (45.8) | 104 (54.2) | 1 | 1 | |
Age in years | 20–25 | 32 (46.4) | 37 (53.6) | 0.82 (0.45,1.49) | 1.35 (0.62,2.93) |
26–28 | 68 (51.1) | 65 (48.9) | 1.00 (0.61,1.63) | 1.32 (0.70,2.46) | |
29–31 | 56 (61.5) | 35 (38.5) | 1.52 (0.87,2.65) | 1.99 (1.03,3.84)* | |
32–60 | 61 (51.3) | 58 (48.7) | 1 | 1 | |
Marital status | Married | 121 (53.5) | 105 (46.5) | 1.08 (0.73,1.59) | 1.48 (0.88,2.48) |
Unmarried | 96 (51.6) | 90 (48.4) | 1 | 1 | |
Education level | Diploma | 17 (65.4) | 9 (34.6) | 1 | 1 |
BSc degree | 178 (52.5) | 161 (47.5) | 0.59 (0.25,1.35) | 2.72 (0.79,9.42) | |
Masters + | 22 (46.8) | 25 (53.2) | 0.47 (0.17,1.25) | 1.30 (0.62,2.77) | |
Ever working in cancer center | Yes | 20 (74.1) | 7 (25.9) | 2.73 (1.13,6.60) | 1.66 (0.42,6.55) |
No | 197 (51.2) | 188 (48.8) | 1 | 1 | |
Profession | Nurse | 94 (48.0) | 102 (52.0) | 1.69 (0.60,4.75) | 0.93 (0.29,3.02) |
Pharmacy | 76 (67.9) | 36 (32.1) | 3.87 (1.33,11.23) | 1.46 (0.42,5.03) | |
Medicine | 11 (61.1) | 7 (38.9) | 2.88 (0.73,11.38) | 1.19 (0.24,6.03) | |
Midwifery | 30 (43.5) | 39 (56.5) | 1.41 (0.47,4.27) | 0.89 (0.26,3.06) | |
Laboratory | 6 (35.3) | 11 (64.7) | 1 | 1 | |
Current work setting | Cancer center | 11 (84.6) | 2 (15.4) | 5.15 (1.13,23.55) | 3.77 (0.49,28.80) |
Others | 206 (51.6) | 193 (48.4) | 1 | 1 | |
Heard about CD handling | Yes | 149 (66.8) | 74 (33.2) | 3.58 (2.38,5.38) | 2.53 (1.43,4.47)*** |
No | 68 (36.0) | 121 (64.0) | 1 | 1 | |
Ever attending training on CD handling | Yes | 35 (85.4) | 6 (14.6) | 6.06 (2.49,14.75) | 3.15 (1.13,8.79)* |
No | 182 (49.1) | 189 (50.9) | 1 | 1 | |
Ever working in oncology department | Yes | 32 (76.2) | 10 (23.8) | 3.2 (1.53,6.70) | 1.48 (0.57,3.89) |
No | 185 (50) | 185 (50) | 1 | 1 | |
Ever taken courses related to CDs | Yes | 117 (68.8) | 53 (31.2) | 3.14 (2.07,4.74) | 2.03 (1.15,3.59)* |
No | 100 (41.3) | 142 (58.7) | 1 | 1 | |
Presence of cytotoxic drug handling manual on working setting | Yes | 53 (64.6) | 29 (35.4) | 1.85 (1.12,3.06) | 1.41 (0.70,2.84) |
No | 164 (49.7) | 166 (50.3) | 1 | 1 | |
Availability of PPE | Yes | 74 (61.2) | 47 (38.8) | 1.63 (1.06,2.51) | 1.32 (0.75,2.31) |
No | 143 (49.1) | 148 (50.9) | 1 | 1 | |
Practice | Good | 105 (67.7) | 50 (32.3) | 2.72 (1.79,4.13) | 3.24 (1.95,5.37)*** |
Poor | 112 (43.6) | 145 (56.4) | 1 | 1 | |