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

Table 4 Factors associated with sufficient knowledge, positive attitude and good practice

Variables		OR	95% CI	P-value	aOR	95% CI	P-value
Sufficient knowledge	Midwife qualification	7.74	1.66–36.05	0.009	9.01	1.82–48.60	0.008
	Training in PMTCT	3.56	1.76–7.19	0.0004	2.23	1.02–4.81	0.048
	Age ≥ 33 years	1.97	1.00–3.89	0.047	1.20	0.94–1.86	0.141
Positive attitude	Age ≥ 33 years	2.09	1.04–4.16	0.036	2.34	1.14–4.23	0.030
Positive attitude	Assistant Nurse	2. 92	1.29–6.57	0.009	1.55	0.87–1.92	0.210
Good practice	Midwife qualification	4.04	1.29–12.57	0.015	3.23	1.21–9.95	0.041
	Practicing in Hospitals	3.54	1.62–7.73	0.001	1.73	0.84–2.12	0.079
	Female sex	3.35	1.09–10.31	0.034	1.60	0.70–2.34	0.089

CI Confidence Interval, OR Odds Ratio, aOR adjusted Odds Ratio, PMTCT Prevention of mother-to-child transmission

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