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Table 2 Attitude distribution among the population under study

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of health personnel of maternities in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in a sub-Saharan African region with high transmission rate: some solutions proposed

Variables

Positive attitude

Negative attitude

OR

95% CI

P-value

Age (year)

≥33 (n = 61)

30 (49.2)

31 (50.8)

2.09

1.04–4.16

0.036

˂33 (n = 79)

25 (31.6)

54 (68.4)

Sex

Male (n = 39)

19 (48.7)

20 (51.3)

1.71

0.81–3.62

0.157

Female (n = 101)

36 (35.6)

65 (64.4)

Qualification

AN (n = 32)

19 (59.3)

13 (40.7)

2.92

1.29–6.57

0.009

Others (n = 108)

36 (33.3)

72 (66.7)

Health structure

Hospital (n = 40)

20 (50)

20 (50)

1.85

0.88–3.90

0.102

Health centers (n = 100)

35 (35.0)

65 (65.0)

Experience (year)

≥6 (n = 41)

14 (34.1)

27 (65.9)

0.73

0.34–1.56

0.423

≤5 (n = 99)

41 (41.4)

58 (58.6)

Training in PMTCT

Seminars (n = 76)

29 (38.2)

47 (61.8)

0.90

0.45–1.78

0.765

Other colleagues (n = 64)

26 (40.6)

38 (59.4)

  1. CI Confidence Interval, OR Odds Ratio, AN Assistant Nurse, PMTCT Prevention of mother-to-child transmission