Experiences of frontline nurses with adverse medical events in a regional referral hospital in northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Determinants of staff knowledge levels on adverse medical events (n = 221)

Independent variables	Univariate model 1	Univariate model 2	Univariate model 3	Univariate model 4
	Type of AMEs	Post exposure action	AMEs recognition	Overall knowledge
	OR⁺ (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Professional category
Auxiliary nurse	0.72 (0.43–1.19)	0.75 (0.45–1.23)	0.62 (0.37–1.03)	0.65 (0.40–1.05)
Professional nurse	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Age
18–30 years	0.91 (0.48–1.75)	1.25 (0.66–2.37)	1.09 (0.58–2.06)	1.19 (0.65–2.20)
31 years +	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Gender
Male	1.76 (1.05–2.94)*	1.75 (1.04–2.93)*	1.46 (0.87–2.44)	1.97 (1.19–3.25)*
Female	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Marital status
Married	0.64 (0.37–1.10)	1.22 (0.70–2.10)	0.68 (0.39–1.17)	0.82 (0.49–1.38)
Not married	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Religion
Christian	1.57(.96–2.60)	1.42 (0.86–2.32)	1.13 (0.68–1.88)	1.89 (1.17–3.06)*
Moslem	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Work experience
5 years or less	0.64 (0.34–1.20)	0.79 (0.42–1.45)	0.59 (0.32–1.10)	0.57 (0.31–1.03)
Over 5 years	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Model statistics
LR χ² (6)	15.34	6.45	8.12	18.64
Prob > χ²	0.0090	0.2648	0.1500	0.0022
Pseudo R²	0.0247	0.0107	0.0131	0.0145
Log likelihood	− 302.24	− 298.52	− 305.66	− 635.37

Source: field data (2018)
Legend: OR (odds ratio); n (number of valid responses)
*ordered logistic regression significant, p < 0.05
+Odds ratios (OR) are all adjusted for possible confounding covariates (i.e., age, gender, marital status, religion, and work experience)

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