Intention to Care for COVID-19 Patients Among Nurses Working at Health Care Institutions of Debre Tabor Town, North Central Ethiopia

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Study Participants’

Socio-Demographic Factors	Frequency (%)
Gender
Male	85 (52.15)
Female	78 (47.85)
Age
≤31 years	101 (61.96)
>31 years	62 (38.04)
Marital status
Unmarried	40 (24.54)
Married	118 (72.39)
Divorced/separated	5 (3.07)
Religion
Orthodox	154 (94.48)
Others	9 (5.52)
Level of education
Diploma	41 (25.31)
BSc	117 (72.22)
MSc	4 (2.47)
Monthly income
≤5727 ETB	182 (50.31)
>5727 ETB	81 (49.69)
Working experience
<3 years	6 (3.68)
3–6 years	77 (47.24)
>6 years	80 (49.08)
Working unit
Emergency	24 (14.72)
Ward	94 (57.67)
Outpatient	45 (27.61)

Note: Others: Muslim, catholic and protestant.

Abbreviation: ETB, Ethiopian birr.

Table 2 Factors Associated with Nurses’ Caring Intention of Coronavirus 2019 Patients

Variables	Intention to Care		COR	AOR	P-value
	Positive No. (%)	Negative No. (%)
Sex
Female	40 (41.2)	38 (57.6)	Ref.	Ref.
Male	57 (58.8)	28 (42.4)	1.93 (1.03, 3.65)	1.35 (0.64, 2.85)
Working experience
≤8 years	71 (73.2)	34 (51.5)	2.57 (1.33, 4.97)	2.33 (1.12, 4.91)	0.026
>8 years	26 (26.8)	32 (48.5)	Ref	Ref
Experience caring for infectious disease pts.
Yes	80 (82.5)	41 (62.1)	2.86 (1.39, 5.9)	2.45 (1.09, 5.49)	0.029
No	17 (17.5)	25 (37.9)	Ref.	Ref.
Participating in COVID 19-related training
Yes	34 (35.1)	13 (19.7)	2.2 (1.05, 4.59)	1.29 (0.57, 2.93)
No	63 (64.9)	53 (80.3)	Ref.	Ref.
Knowledge of COVID-19
Good	58 (59.8)	26 (39.4)	2.29 (1.21, 4.34)	1.66 (0.82, 3.4)
Poor	39 (40.2)	40 (60.6)	Ref.	Ref.
Perceived behavioral control (self- efficacy)
Positive	54 (55.7)	21 (31.8)	2.69 (1.4, 5.18)	2.33 (1.13, 4.78)	0.021
Negative	43 (44.3)	45 (68.2)	Ref	Ref
Normative belief
Positive	66 (68.0)	33 (50.0)	2.13 (1.12, 4.05)	2.14 (1.05, 4.36)	0.036
Negative	31 (32.0)	33 (50.0)	Ref	Ref

Note: Significant: P-value≤0.05.

Abbreviation: Ref, reference.