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Table 4 Predictors of total knowledge score (Questionnaire 2)

From: Understanding of latent tuberculosis, its treatment and treatment side effects in immigrant and refugee patients

 

Total knowledge Score- questionnaire 2

 

Univariable analysis

Multivariable analysis

 

High score a

Low score b

      
 

N = 22

N = 24

      

Variables

( n)

( n)

uIRR

(95% CI)

P

aIRR

(95% CI)

P

Age, years

22

24

1.02

(0.89-1.75)

0.737

   

Interpreter

6

15

0.23

(0.07-0.79)

0.019

0.313

(0.14-0.69)

0.004

I & R Clinic

7

10

0.66

(0.20-2.19)

0.490

1.75

(0.93-3.30)

0.083

Male sex

9

12

0.69

(0.22-2.23)

0.537

   

Tertiary educated

16

13

2.26

(0.66-7.76)

0.197

   

Lived in a refugee camp

3

6

0.47

(0.10-2.18)

0.338

   

Mean number of clinic visits

2.5

2.6

5.53

0.59-51.64)

0.134

   

Residence in Australia > 1 year

13

12

1.44

(0.45-4.64)

0.537

   

Sub-Saharan African country of birth

7

6

1.13

(0.32-3.98)

0.845

   
  1. I & R Clinic = Immigrant and Refugee Clinic; CI = Confidence Interval; uIRR = unadjusted Incidence Rate Ratio; aIRR = adjusted Incidence Rate Ratio.
  2. a High Score, greater than 6/9.
  3. b Low Score, less than or equal to 6/9.
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