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Table 3 Associations between type of authority and location of the authoring organization, and perceived quality of knowledge

From: When the messenger is more important than the message: an experimental study of evidence use in francophone AfricaQuand le messager est plus important que le message: étude expérimentale en Afrique francophone sur l’utilisation des connaissances

 

β

Perceived quality

P value

[95% CI]

Intervention

 Type of authority of authoring organization

  Donor organization (financial authority)

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  International organization (moral authority)

−0.227

[−0.612; 0.158]

0.248

  University (scientific authority)

−0.073

[−0.448; 0.303]

0.704

 Location of authoring organization

  Europe or North America

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  Africa

−0.508

[−0.246; 0.348]

0.738

Confounding variable

 Prior knowledge of the organization

  Does not know the organization

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  Knows the organization

0.213

[−0.179; 0.605]

0.287

 Experience in the profession

−0.092

[−0.238; 0.055]

0.221

 Gender

  Male

Ref.

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  Female

−0.120

[−0.443; 0.203]

0.468

 Profession

  Health professionals

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  Other

−0.165

[−0.695; 0.366]

0.542

  Coordination/management of programmes

−0.262

[−0.742; 0.217]

0.284

  Research professionals

−0.328

[−0.822; 0.167]

0.194

 Level of study

  University level less than or equal to first cycle

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  University level second cycle (MD)

0.073

−0.390

0.536

0.757

  University level postgraduate (PhD)

−0.339

−0.809

0.130

0.157

 Region of graduation

  Europe or North America

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  Africa

0.423

[0.082; 0.764]

0.015*

 

Value

R2

0.155

Adjusted R2

0.077