Volume 24, Number 2—February 2018
Research
Risk Communication and Ebola-Specific Knowledge and Behavior during 2014–2015 Outbreak, Sierra Leone
Table 5
Association between information exposure and risk behavior among respondents to Ebola knowledge, attitude, and practice surveys, Sierra Leone, 2014–2015*
Category | No. (%) respondents | Crude OR (95% CI) | p value† | Adjusted OR‡ (95% CI) | p value† | Adjusted OR§ (95% CI) | p value† |
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Type of information | |||||||
Electronic media | |||||||
Yes | 9,894 (94.1) | 1.01 (0.84–1.20) | 0.955 | 1.10 (0.92–1.31) | 0.300 | 1.07 (0.89–1.27) | 0.480 |
No | 615 (5.9) | 1.0 (Reference) | 1.0 (Reference) | 1.0 (Reference) | |||
Print media | |||||||
Yes | 918 (8.7) | 1.10 (0.95–1.28) | 0.193 | 1.03 (0.88–1.20) | 0.716 | 1.03 (0.89–1.20) | 0.692 |
No | 9,591 (91.3) | 1.0 (Reference) | 1.0 (Reference) | 1.0 (Reference) | |||
New media | |||||||
Yes | 1,627 (15.5) | 1.27 (1.13–1.42) | <0.001 | 1.23 (1.09–1.39) | <0.001 | 1.22 (1.08–1.37) | 0.002 |
No | 8,882 (84.5) | 1.0 (Reference) | 1.0 (Reference) | 1.0 (Reference) | |||
Government | |||||||
Yes | 5,011 (47.7) | 1.37 (1.26–1.50) | <0.001 | 1.25 (1.14–1.37) | <0.001 | 1.23 (1.12–1.34) | <0.001 |
No | 5,498 (52.3) | 1.0 (Reference) | 1.0 (Reference) | 1.0 (Reference) | |||
Community | |||||||
Yes | 6,248 (59.5) | 1.47 (1.34–1.61) | <0.001 | 1.37 (1.25–1.51) | <0.001 | 1.34 (1.22–1.47) | <0.001 |
No |
4,261 (40.5) |
1.0 (Reference) |
1.0 (Reference) |
1.0 (Reference) |
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No. exposures | |||||||
0–1 source | 2,878 (27.4) | 1.0 (Reference) | 1.0 (Reference) | 1.0 (Reference) | |||
2 sources | 3,408 (32.5) | 1.18 (1.06–1.32) | 0.003 | 1.19 (1.06–1.33) | 0.002 | 1.18 (1.06–1.32) | 0.003 |
3 sources | 3,115 (29.6) | 1.61 (1.43–1.80) | <0.001 | 1.63 (1.45–1.83) | <0.001 | 1.57 (1.40–1.77) | <0.001 |
4–5 sources | 1,108 (10.5) | 1.83 (1.57–2.14) | <0.001 | 1.95 (1.66–2.28) | <0.001 | 1.87 (1.59–2.18) | <0.001 |
*OR, odds ratio.
†Wald statistical p value from the multilevel model.
‡Adjusted for region, gender, age, religion, educational level, level of outbreak, and all other information exposures.
§Adjusted for all of the above, plus knowledge and misconceptions.