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Table 3 Determinants of nurses’ self-ratings on adherence to standard practices in NG tube feeding (n = 113)

From: Adherence to standard nursing protocols on nasogastric tube feeding in a secondary referral hospital in Ghana: comparing self-ratings by professional and auxiliary nurses

Independent variables

Dependent variables

Overall self-rated adherence

OR+(SE)

[95%Conf. Intv.]

p-value

Profession

 Auxiliary

2.76 (1.30)

[1.09 6.96]

0.031++

 Professional

Ref

Ref

Ref

Gender

 Female

1.51 (0.59)

[0.70 3.24]

0.289

 Male

Ref

Ref

Ref

Religion

 Christian

0.64 (0.43)

[0.17 2.39]

0.505

 Other religions

Ref

Ref

Ref

Marital status

 Single

5.68 (2.29)

[2.58 12.51]

0.000++

 Married

Ref

Ref

Ref

Education

 Degree

0.45 (0.18)

[0.20 0.99]

0.048

 Other qualifications

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Age

0.91 (0.06)

[0.80 1.04]

0.164

 Work experience

1.25 (0.14)

[1.01 1.54]

0.042++

 Overall experience on NGTF

98.45 (124.71)

[8.221178.86]

0.000++

  1. Source: Field Data (2018); Legend: Ref (Reference dummy variable); Univariate Ordered logistic Regression (OLR); OR+ (Proportional Odds Ratio); Regression model: Log likelihood = − 237.60159; Number of obs = 113; LR chi2(8) = 49.37; Prob > chi2 = 0.0000; Pseudo R2 = 0.0941; ++Ordered logistic regression (OLR) test statistically significant at 95% confidence level
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