Table 3 Statistical correlations with a reluctance to care for a hypothetical patient infected with HIV or HBV / HCV (n = 992)
From: Reluctance to care for patients with HIV or hepatitis B / C in Japan
HIV | HBV / HCV | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Univariate | Adjusted | Univariate | Adjusted | |||||
OR | (95 % CI) | OR | (95 % CI) | OR | (95 % CI) | OR | (95 % CI) | |
Age (y) | ||||||||
20–29 | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
30–39 | 1.07 | (0.82–1.40) | 0.97 | (0.78–1.22) | 0.62 | (0.42–0.91) | 0.75 | (0.52–1.06) |
40–49 | 1.17 | (0.90–1.50) | 1.06 | (0.86–1.31) | 0.68 | (0.47–0.97) | 0.89 | (0.65–1.22) |
50+ | 1.32 | (1.03–1.71) | 1.21 | (1.00–1.48) | 0.62 | (0.40–0.97) | 0.86 | (0.59–1.26) |
Anxiety regarding the potential infection risk from patients with HIV or HBV / HCV | ||||||||
Agree | 6.51 | (5.13–8.25) | 3.58 | (2.75–4.68) | 10.4 | (6.78–15.9) | 6.36 | (3.96–10.2) |
Somewhat agree | 4.10 | (3.21–5.24) | 2.92 | (2.26–3.77) | 4.06 | (2.60–6.32) | 2.94 | (1.87–4.63) |
Disagree/somewhat disagree/do not know | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
Confident that I could protect myself from infection when caring for patients infected with HIV or HBV / HCV | ||||||||
Agree | 0.51 | (0.37–0.71) | 0.75 | (0.59–0.95) | 0.42 | (0.27–0.65) | 0.59 | (0.40–0.88) |
Somewhat agree | 0.81 | (0.69–0.95) | 1.01 | (0.88–1.15) | 0.47 | (0.34–0.63) | 0.64 | (0.49–0.85) |
Disagree/somewhat disagree/do not know | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
Have you cared for a patient infected with HIV or HBV/HCV during the past 1 year? | ||||||||
Yes | 1.03 | (0.82–1.29) | 0.95 | (0.80–1.16) | 0.76 | (0.56–1.00) | 0.75 | (0.58–0.97) |
No | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
Do not know/do not want to answer | 0.75 | (0.60–0.95) | 0.97 | (0.80–1.16) | 0.40 | (0.21–0.76) | 0.59 | (0.34–1.03) |
Do you believe that a patient infected with HIV or HBV / HCV might be a homosexual, have multiple sexual partners or be a drug user? | ||||||||
Agree | 4.86 | (4.09–5.79) | 2.77 | (2.28–3.36) | 6.81 | (5.22–8.89) | 2.81 | (2.03–3.88) |
Somewhat agree | 3.61 | (3.01–4.34) | 2.51 | (2.08–3.04) | 5.06 | (3.93–6.51) | 3.34 | (2.56–4.38) |
Disagree/somewhat disagree/do not know | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |