Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards COVID-19 among Mothers in Dessie Town, Northeast Ethiopia, 2020

Table 7

Factors associated with the attitude of mothers towards COVID-19 in Dessie town, Ethiopia, 2020.

Variable	Attitude N (%)		Odds ratio, at 95% CI
	Poor (%)	Good (%)	Crude OR	value	Adjusted OR	value
Age of the mother, years
17–27	116	166	1		1
28–38	133	186	0.977 (0.706, 1.353)	0.890	0.988 (0.671, 1.455)	0.951
Above 39	7	2	0.200 (0.041, 0.978)	0.047	0.062 (0.008, 0.487)	0.008
Main caregiver of the family
Mother	86	79	1		1
Father	13	21	1.759 (0.826, 3.746)	0.143	1.678 (0.683, 4.123)	0.259
Both	154	247	1.746 (1.211, 2.517)	0.003	1.384 (0.890, 2.152)	0.149
Apart from parents	3	7	2.540 (0.635, 10.163)	0.188	4.067 (0.589, 28.076)	0.155
Educational status
No formal education	21	5	1		1
Grade 1–12	170	268	6.621 (2.450, 17.892)	0.000	7.180 (2.187, 23.569)	0.001
College and above	65	81	5.234 (1.871, 14.638)	0.002	4.768 (1.388, 16.372)	0.013
Nearest health institution
Hospital	42	87	1		1
Health center	155	198	0.617 (0.404, 0.942)	0.025	0.569 (0.338, 0.956)	0.033
Health post	5	1	0.097 (0.011, 0.853)	0.035	0.045 (0.005, 0.438)	0.008
Private clinic	54	68	0.608 (0.364, 1.015)	0.057	0.459 (0.249, 0.847)	0.013
Use sanitizer
No	98	53
Yes	158	301	3.523 (2.395, 5.180)	0.000	1.384 (0.740, 2.589)	0.309
Regularly use face mask
No	123	100
Yes	133	254	2.349 (1.677, 3.291)	0.000	0.806 (0.437, 1.489)	0.491
Maintain social distance
No	111	80
Yes	145	274	2.622 (1.846, 3.724)	0.000	1.502 (0.837, 2.696)	0.173
Knowledge
Poor	134	34
Good	122	320	10.338 (6.723, 15.8960	0.000	8.192 (5.091, 13.182)	0.000
Practice
Poor	154	118
Good	102	236	3.020 (2.163, 4.216)	0.000	1.349 (0.723, 2.518)	0.346