Knowledge Regarding Mechanical Ventilation and Practice of Ventilatory Care among Nurses Working in Intensive Care Units in Selected Governmental Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Factors associated with the knowledge of nurses working in the ICU regarding mechanical ventilators (N = 146).

Variables		Knowledge status		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
		Good	Poor
Gender	Male	34	41	1.312 (0.685–2.516)	1.263 (0.634–2.516)	0.506
	Female	37	34	1	1
Age	20–27	25	25	0.778 (0.251–2.414)	0.321 (0.076–1.361)	0.123
	28–35	39	41	0.818 (0.277–2.409)	0.525 (0.155–1.779)	0.301
	≥36	7	9	1	1
Educational level	Diploma	5	9	3.6 (0.902–14.376)	5.1 (1.190–22.002)
	BSc	50	58	2.320 (0.916–5.875)	2.747 (0.991–7.617)	0.052
	MSc	16	8	1	1
Training on MV	Yes	37	47	1	1
	No	34	28	0.648 (0.335–1.254)	0.629 (0.317–1.249)	0.185
Work experience	<1	5	7	1.4 (0.300–5.933)	2.3 (0.449–11.842)	0.316
	1–5	10	10	1.1 (0.145–2.977)	1.4 (0.468–4.288)	0.538
	6–10	36	49	0.9 (0.305–2.659)	0.880 (0.280–2.765)	0.826
	>10	20	18	1	1