Evaluation of healthcare professionals' understanding of fluoroquinolones' safety profile, usage, and boxed warnings in Pakistan

Table 7 Predictors of achieving ≥ 50% knowledge score

	Univariate binary logistic regression				Multivariate binary logistic regression
	OR	CI 95%		p-value	OR	CI 95%		p-value
Gender
Male	1.00 (Reference)
Female	0.460	0.023	0.936	0.032*	–	–	–	–
Age
18–30 years	1.00 (Reference)
31 and above years	0.661	0.213	2.051	0.474	–	–	–	–
Level of education
Graduation	1.00 (Reference)
Master/specialization	1.057	0.470	2.377	0.893	–	–	–	–
Working status
Government	1.00 (Reference)
Private	0.369	0.172	0.794	0.011*	–	–	–	–
Working place
Private hospital	1.00 (Reference)
Primary care hospital	5.850	1.429	23.954	0.014*	6.183	1.331	28.716	0.020*
Secondary care hospital	17.550	3.911	78.758	0.000*	20.341	1.860	222.451	0.014*
Tertiary care hospital	1.983	0.667	5.898	0.218	0.873	0.116	6.552	0.895
Community pharmacy	1.671	0.353	7.924	0.518	1.408	0.285	6.945	0.674
Hospital pharmacy	0.000	0.000	–	0.998	0.000	0.000	–	0.998
Others	7.800	0.891	68.304	0.064	0.000	0.000	–	0.999
Experience
Less than 5 years	1.00 (Reference)
5–10 years	0.221	0.050	0.979	0.047*	0.078	0.012	0.510	0.008*
More than 10 years	1.886	0.726	4.901	0.193	2.246	0.742	6.800	0.152

Multivariate logistic regression was used, *statistically significant p < 0.05; OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

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