Table 3 Bi-variate and multivariate factors associated with primary health care nurses attitude towards people with severe mental illness in Addis Ababa 2018 (N = 610)
Variables | Attitude status | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | ||||
Educational status | |||||
Diploma | 109 | 235 | 4.132 (1.98–8.60) | 2.96 (1.17–7.48) | 0.021 |
BSc | 184 | 47 | 0.490 (0.22–1.05) | 0.405 (0.16–1.08) | 0.07 |
MSc | 23 | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
Work experience | |||||
≤ 5 | 172 | 268 | 7.44 (4.32–12.8) | 4.84 (2.57–9.14) | 0.001 |
6–10 | 58 | 8 | 0.659 (0.269–1.616) | 0.24 (0.20–1.50) | |
≥ 11 | 86 | 18 | 1 | 1 | |
Mental health training (mh-GAP) | |||||
Yes | 147 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0.001 |
No | 169 | 245 | 4.349 (2.980–6.347) | 4.95 (3.07–7.96) | |
Family history of mental illness | |||||
Yes | 48 | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
No | 268 | 282 | 1.56 (1.09–2.67) | 1.52 (0.74–3.12) | 0.25 |
Personal experience of mental illness | |||||
Yes | 55 | 19 | 1 | 1 | |
No | 261 | 275 | 3.050 (1.763–5.278) | 1.325 (0.617–2.843) | 0.47 |
Previous experience of working in psychiatry unit | |||||
Yes | 53 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0.07 |
No | 263 | 282 | 4.736 (2.475–9.060) | 2.319 (0.930–5.782) | |
Knowledge about severe mental illness | |||||
Good | 240 | 128 | 1 | 1 | 0.001 |
Poor | 76 | 166 | 4.095 (2.898–5.788) | 2.83 (1.82–4.39) | |