Bivariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with health professionals’ routine practice documentation (n=415)
| Variables | Routine practice documentation | OR (95% CI) | ||||
| Poor practice | Good practice | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |||
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 107 | 25.80 | 103 | 24.80 | 0.95 (0.65 to 1.40)* | 0.93 (0.60 to 1.44) |
| Female | 96 | 23.10 | 109 | 26.30 | 1 | 1 |
| Knowledge | ||||||
| Good | 123 | 29.64 | 148 | 35.66 | 1.50 (1.00 to 2.26)* | 1.35 (0.72 to 2.97)† |
| Poor | 80 | 19.28 | 64 | 15.42 | 1 | 1 |
| Age (in years) | ||||||
| 26–30 | 120 | 28.92 | 124 | 29.88 | 0.83 (0.48 to 1.44)* | 1.10 (0.58 to 2.08) |
| 31–35 | 23 | 5.54 | 36 | 8.67 | 1.26 (0.62 to 2.58) | 1.20 (0.52 to 2.77) |
| >35 | 31 | 7.47 | 16 | 3.86 | 0.42 (0.19 to 0.90) | 0.51 (0.21 to 1.34) |
| 21–25 | 29 | 6.99 | 36 | 8.67 | 1 | 1 |
| Motivation | ||||||
| No | 171 | 41.21 | 163 | 39.28 | 0.62 (0.38 to 1.02)* | 0.41 (0.22 to 0.76)† |
| Yes | 32 | 7.71 | 49 | 11.80 | 1 | 1 |
| Attitude | ||||||
| Good | 165 | 39.76 | 182 | 43.86 | 1.40 (0.83 to 2.36)* | 1.09 (0.71 to 2.04) |
| Poor | 38 | 9.15 | 30 | 7.23 | 1 | 1 |
| Training on documentation | ||||||
| Yes | 32 | 7.71 | 102 | 24.57 | 4.96 (3.12 to 7.88)* | 4.18 (2.99 to 8.28)† |
| No | 171 | 41.21 | 110 | 26.51 | 1 | 1 |
| Availability of documentation sheet | ||||||
| Yes | 147 | 35.42 | 186 | 44.82 | 2.73 (1.63 to 4.55)* | 2.45 (1.35 to 4.43)† |
| No | 56 | 13.50 | 26 | 6.26 | 1 | 1 |
| Types of tool used for documentation | ||||||
| Electronic system | 119 | 28.67 | 80 | 19.28 | 2.34 (1.58 to 3.47)* | 2.19 (1.36 to 3.28)† |
| Manual form | 84 | 20.24 | 132 | 31.81 | 1 | 1 |
| Workload | ||||||
| Yes | 130 | 31.33 | 151 | 36.39 | 0.67 (0.33 to 1.36)* | 0.48 (0.21 to 1.10) |
| No | 64 | 15.42 | 70 | 16.86 | 1 | 1 |
Reference category=1.
*Significant in COR.
†Significant in AOR.
AOR, adjusted OR; COR, crude OR.