Attitude of mental healthcare providers toward tele-psychiatry services and associated factors at public referral hospitals in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia

Table 2 Factors associated with an attitude of healthcare providers toward Tele-psychiatry services

Poor attitude (reference)		Attitudes of healthcare providers (number = 413)			COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Moderate attitude	Variables	Poor	Moderate	Good
	Age
	> = 29 years	108	108	32	1	1
	30–39 years	80	39	29	0.48(0.30, 0.77)	0.81 (0.002, 4.47)
	< = 40 years	9	3	5	0.33(0.1, 1.26)	4.32 (0.01, 12.5)
	Training on Tele-psychiatry applications
	Yes	22	110	52	1	1
	No	175	40	14	0.045 (0.03, 0.81)	0.19 (0.039, 0.88)
	E-health awareness
	Yes	22	137	56	1	1
	No	175	13	10	0.01(0.006, 0.024)	0.12(0.03, 0.45)
	Perception towards e-health technology
	Positive	91	147	58	1	1
	Negative	106	3	8	0.02(0.005, 0.057)	0.041(0.01, 0.29)
	Knowledge of Tele-psychiatry
	Poor	134	70	39	1	1
	Good	63	80	27	2.43 (1.57, 3.77)	7.1 (1.97, 12.22)
	Computer use
	Poor	43	139	59	1	1
	Good	154	11	7	0.02 (0.01, 0.04)	3.65 (1.14, 11.60)
	E-Health technologies experience
	Yes	93	46	35	0.49 (0.32, 0.77)	17.99 (5.43, 30.55)
	No	104	104	31	1	1


Age
> = 29 years	108	108	32	108	108	32	32	108	32	1	1
30–39 years	80	29	3	39	29	3	29	29	3	1.22 (0.68, 2.18)	0.67 (0.01, 3.72)
< = 40 years	9	29	5	3	29	5	5	29	5	1.87 (0.58, 5.99)	4.2 (0.07, 21.12)
Computer use
Poor	43			139			59			1	1
Good	154			11			7			0.03 (0.014, 0.78)	2.89(0.82, 10.20)
E-Health technology awareness program
Yes	22			137			56			1	1
No	175			13			10			0.02(0.01, 0.05)	0.16 (0.03, 0.90)
E-health technologies experience
Yes	93			46			35			1.26(1.12, 2.21)	16.79 (4.3, 29.3)
No	104			104			31			1	1
Training in Tele-psychiatry applications
Yes	22			110			52
No	175			40			14
Perception towards e-health technology
Positive	91			147			58
Negative	10			3			8
Knowledge of Tele-psychiatry services
Poor	134			70			39			1	1
Good	63			80			27			1.47 (1.04, 2.62)	6.89 (1.8, 12.0)

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