Nurses’ knowledge in ethics and their perceptions regarding continuing ethics education: a cross-sectional survey among nurses at three referral hospitals in Uganda

Table 1 Social demographic characteristics of 114 nurses evaluated for ethics knowledge

Variable	Low knowledge (score ≤ 50%) n = 96	Adequate knowledge (score ≥ 50%) n = 18	OR (95% CI)	P value
Gender
Female	87 (91%)	17 (94%)	0.6 (0.1–4.8)	0.599
Male	9 (9%)	1 (6%)	1.0	0.599
Age
<45	49 (51%)	6 (33%)	2.1 (0.7–6.0)	0.168
≥45	47 (49%)	12 (67%)	1.0	0.168
Level of education
Diploma and above	51 (53%)	16 (89%)	0.14 (0.02–0.7)	0.005*
Certificate	45 (47%)	2 (11%)	1.0	0.005*
Duration in practice
<16 years	46 (48%)	6 (33%)	1.8 (0.6–5.3)	0.254
≥16 years	50 (52%)	12 (67%)	1.0	0.254
Ever attended CME/CNE in ethics
Yes	44 (46%)	7 (39%)	1.3 (0.5–3.7)	0.587
No	52 (54%)	11 (61%)	1.0	0.587