Effect of nutrition-related infodemics and social media on maternal experience: A nationwide survey in a low/middle income country

Table 5 Source of knowledge predictors of higher nutritional knowledge among mothers with children less than 15 years, n (%)

Predictor of good nutritional knowledge		Bad nutrition knowledge	Good nutrition knowledge	Crude OR [95%CI]	Adjusted OR [95%CI]
Studying at school and university	No	975 (33.8)	1911 (66.2)	1.02 [0.94, 1.04]	1.09 [0.98, 1.23]
	Yes	781 (34.5)	1481 (65.5)
	P value	0.577			0.126
Television, radio, newspapers and magazines	No	1132 (36.2)	1996 (63.8)	1.09 [1.05, 1.15]	1.15 [1.02, 1.29]
	Yes	624 (30.9)	1396 (69.1)
	P value	< 0.001b			0.02a
Health care providers and scientific websites	No	1403 (35.1)	2593 (64.4)	0.85 [0.76, 0.95]	0.87 [0.75, 0.99]
	Yes	353 (30.6)	799 (69.4)
	P value	0.005a			0.044a
Friends and relatives	No	1108 (31.9)	2367 (68.3)	0.9 [0.867, 0.943]	1.3 [1.14, 1.49]
	Yes	648 (38.7)	1025 (61.3)
	P value	< 0.001b			< 0.001b
Social media	No	683 (29.5)	1631 (70.5)	0.81 [0.756, 0.866]	1.22 [1.09, 1.38]
	Yes	1073 (37.9)	1761 (62.1)
	P value	< 0.001b			0.001a

^aP < 0.05 is significant.

^bP < 0.001 is highly significant.

OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval.