Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Health Workers in a Tertiary Hospital in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, towards Ebola Viral Disease
Table 9
Association between respondents’ characteristics and knowledge of EVD.
| Variable | Knowledge | | value | Appropriate | Not appropriate |
| Age (years) | | | | | 20–29 | 58 (43.0) | 77 (57.0) | 5.720 | 0.057 | 30–39 | 78 (47.6) | 86 (52.4) | ≥40 | 33 (32.7) | 68 (67.3) | Sex | | | | | Male | 70 (44.0) | 89 (56.0) | 0.341 | 0.559 | Female | 99 (41.1) | 142 (58.9) | Marital status | | | | | Currently married | 111 (42.2) | 152 (57.8) | 0.001 | 0.980 | Not currently married | 58 (42.3) | 79 (57.7) | Occupation | | | | | Medical doctor | 53 (54.1) | 45 (45.9) | 12.291 | 0.002 | Nurse | 89 (42.6) | 120 (57.4) | Other health workers | 27 (29.0) | 66 (71.0) | Duration of employment (years) | | | | | <10 | 132 (44.7) | 163 (55.3) | 2.869 | 0.090 | ≥10 | 37 (35.2) | 68 (64.8) |
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