Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Dispatch
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Avian Influenza, Poultry Workers, Italy
Table 2
Logistic and linear regression models results of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of avian influenza among 257 poultry workers, Italy*
Variable | OR | 95% CI | p value | ||||
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Model 1: General knowledge about avian influenza; log likelihood –124.45, χ2 25.58, df 6, p = 0.0003 | |||||||
Years of working activity | 1.03 | 1.01–1.06 | 0.015 | ||||
Need of additional information | 2.59 | 1.17–5.72 | 0.019 | ||||
Perception of risk for avian influenza | 1.13 | 1.01–1.26 | 0.037 | ||||
Education level | 1.63 | 1.02–2.61 | 0.042 | ||||
Avian influenza is a serious and preventable disease | 1.44 | 0.72–2.88 | 0.31 | ||||
No. breeder animals exposed to per day | 0.87 | 0.65–1.16 | 0.33 | ||||
Model 2: Knowledge of all measures that protect poultry workers from exposure to avian influenza; log likelihood –142.95, χ2 44.40, df 7, p < 0.0001 | |||||||
Health professionals and employers as sources of information | 3.62 | 1.99–6.59 | <0.001 | ||||
Perception of risk for avian influenza | 1.19 | 1.07–1.34 | 0.002 | ||||
Working with poultry and eggs | 1.0† | – | – | ||||
Working with only poultry | 2.11 | 1.17–3.81 | 0.013 | ||||
Education level | 1.37 | 0.90–2.08 | 0.14 | ||||
General knowledge of avian influenza | 1.44 | 0.74–2.8 | 0.28 | ||||
No. breeder animals exposed to per day | 0.88 | 0.68–1.14 | 0.33 | ||||
Hours worked per day | 1.05 | 0.95–1.14 | 0.35 | ||||
Model 3: Modification of working habits in the past 3 mo; log likelihood –119.48, χ2 42.72, df 10, p < 0.0001 | |||||||
Health professionals and employers as sources of information | 0.34 | 0.17–0.69 | 0.003 | ||||
Marital status | 0.31 | 0.13–0.76 | 0.01 | ||||
Age | 0.96 | 0.92–0.99 | 0.018 | ||||
Avian influenza is a serious and preventable disease | 2.29 | 1.09–4.76 | 0.028 | ||||
General knowledge of avian influenza | 2.11 | 1.03–4.31 | 0.041 | ||||
Poultry workers are a risk group | 2.30 | 0.94–5.65 | 0.07 | ||||
Perception of risk for avian influenza | 1.09 | 0.97–1.22 | 0.15 | ||||
Working with poultry and eggs | 1.0† | – | – | ||||
Working with only poultry | 0.64 | 0.03–1.34 | 0.24 | ||||
Sex | 1.45 | 0.73–2.86 | 0.29 | ||||
Education level | 1.32 | 0.78–2.22 | 0.3 | ||||
Model 4: Preventive measures behavior; log likelihood –119.36, χ2 45.26, df 4, p < 0.0001 | |||||||
Knowledge of preventive measures | 5.95 | 3.06–11.56 | <0.001 | ||||
Working with poultry and eggs | 1.0† | – | – | ||||
Working with only eggs | 0.28 | 0.11–0.73 | 0.009 | ||||
General knowledge of avian influenza | 1.48 | 0.72–3.02 | 0.28 | ||||
Health professionals and employers as sources of information | 1.37 | 0.70–2.69 | 0.37 | ||||
Variable | β coefficient | t | p value | ||||
Model 5: Perception of risk for avian influenza; F(7,249) = 8.25, p < 0.0001, R2 18.8%, adjusted R2 16.6% | |||||||
Working with poultry and eggs | –† | – | – | ||||
Working with only poultry | –1.72 | –5.0 | <0.001 | ||||
Hours worked per day | -0.19 | -3.74 | <0.001 | ||||
Need additional information | 1.16 | 3.56 | <0.001 | ||||
Media and television as sources of information | 2.02 | 3.36 | 0.001 | ||||
Knowledge of preventive measures | 0.77 | 2.36 | 0.019 | ||||
No. children | -0.21 | -1.56 | 0.12 | ||||
Sex | -0.32 | -0.9 | 0.37 | ||||
Constant | 3.42 |
*OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; df, degrees of freedom. |
*OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; df, degrees of freedom.
†Reference category.