Original Research ArticleInternational Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health
Publication: Predictors of knowledge regarding Ebola virus disease among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital
Int J Community Med Public Health. 2016;3(11):3123-3129.DOI10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20163922
Abstract
Background The Ebola Virus disease is one of the deadliest re-emerging diseases; the 2014 outbreak has been devastating with thousands of deaths resulting in global panic.
Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 423 under-graduate medical and nursing students from University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital using multi-stage stratified random sampling. Data was collected using a pretested self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using IBM-SPSS version 22. Chi-square was used for association between categorical variables while Spearman’s correlation was used for correlation between continuous variables. Multiple Logistic regressions were used to determine independent predictors of knowledge.
Results Mean knowledge score was 30.4±6.4, only 40.9% had good knowledge. Predictors of knowledge were Age (AOR=1.164, 95% CI=1.07-1.26), Field of study (AOR=4.64, 95% CI=2.33-9.23) and Year of studies (AOR=2.27, 95% CI = 1.06-4.84).
Conclusions There is still poor knowledge regarding this disease and the need for improvements.
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Affiliations
- Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
- Department of Human Anatomy, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B 1069, Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria