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Table 3 The association between socio-demographic characteristics and attitude of Nurses towards EoLC in Amhara region Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (N = 331)

From: Knowledge, attitude and associated factors towards end of life care among nurses’ working in Amhara Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Factors

Attitude

COR 95 (CI)

AOR 95 (CI)

p-value

Fav. (no)

Unfav. (no)

Institution

 Hospital 1

131 (70.8%)

54 (29.2%)

1.040 (0.525–2.058)

  

 Hospital 2

68 (70.8%)

28 (29.2%)

1.041 (0.493–2.199)

  

 Hospital 3

35 (70.0%)

15 (30.0%)

1

  

Sex

 Male

107 (73.8%)

38 (26.2%)

1

  

 Female

127 (68.3%)

59 (31.7%)

0.764 (0.472–1.238)

  

Age

 23–30

160 (71.1%)

65 (28.9%)

1

  

 31–40

63 (70.0%)

27 (30.0%)

0.895 (0.275–2.913)

  

 > 40

11 (68.8%)

5 (31.2%)

0.818 (0.240–2.793)

  

Religion

 Orthodox

191 (73.5%)

69 (26.5%)

1

  

 Muslim

26 (65.0%)

14 (35.0%)

0.671 (0.331–1.359)

  

 Protestant

17 (54.8%)

14 (45.2%)

0.439 (0.205–0.937)

  

Educational status

 Diploma

18 (40.0%)

27 (60.0%)

1

  

 BSc and above

216 (75.5%)

70 (24.5%)

4.629 (2.406–8.906)

4.41 (2.23–8.73)

0.000*

Marital status

 Single

150 (70.8%)

62 (29.2%)

1

  

 Married

84 (70.6%)

35 (29.4%)

1.008 (0.616–1.650)

  

Clinical area

 OPD

53 (66.2%)

27 (33.8%)

1

  

 Emergency

46 (68.7%)

21 (31.3%)

1.116 (0.558–2.233)

  

 Inpatient

135 (73.4%)

49 (26.6%)

1.404 (0.796–2.475)

  

Year of experience

 ≤ 5

164 (71.6%)

65 (28.4%)

1

  

 6–10

53 (67.1%)

26 (32.9%)

1.944 (1.051–3.593)

2.19 (1.14–4.21)

0.018*

 > 10

17 (73.9%)

6 (26.1%)

3.399 (0.98–11.789)

2.66 (0.72–9.83)

0.140*

Experience in caring chronically ill

 Daily

111 (72.5%)

42 (27.5%)

1.302 (0.753–2.251)

  

 Once per week

56 (71.8%)

22 (28.2%)

1.254 (0.657–2.391)

  

 Once/month and less

67 (67.0%)

33 (33.0%)

1

  

Experience of caring for a dying family member

 No

150 (67.0%)

74 (33.0%)

1

  

 Yes

84 (78.5%)

23 (21.5%)

1.802 (1.051–3.088)

1.72 (0.96–3.07)

0.066

EoLC training

 No

179 (66.5%)

90 (33.5%)

1

  

 Yes

55 (88.7%)

7 (11.3%)

3.951 (1.729–9.026)

3.02 (1.28–7.13)

0.011*

Monthly salary

 ≤ 5000

57 (55.9%)

45 (44.1%)

1

  

 > 5000

177 (77.3%)

52 (22.7%)

2.687 (1.633–4.423)

  
  1. Fav. favorable, Unfav. unfavorable, NB variables having a (0 ≤ 0.2) in bivariable (unadjusted) analysis included in the multivariable (adjusted) analysis
  2. AOR, adjusted odds ratio, COR Crude Odds Ratio, BSc Bachelor in Science, OPD out patient department
  3. *Statistically significant at p-value ≤ 0.05