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Table 3 The level of compliance to COVID-19 prevention measures among health professionals (HPs) in public hospitals, southeast Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 654)

From: Compliance towards infection prevention measures among health professionals in public hospitals, southeast Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study with implications of COVID-19 prevention

Variables HP’s compliance to COVID-19 preventive measures P-value
Poor, n (%) Moderate, n (%) Good, n (%)
Levels of hospitals
 Referral 122 (41.6) 101 (34.5) 70 (23.9) 0.003
 General 182 (57.2) 73 (23.0) 63 (19.8)
 Primary 24 (55.8) 11 (25.6) 8 (18.6)
Working departments of respondents
 Outpatient department 134 (48.6) 79 (28.6) 63 (22.8) 0.07
 Inpatient department 139 (48.3) 91 (31.6) 58 (20.1)
 Others 55 (61.1) 15 (16.7) 20 (22.2)
Sex of respondents
 Male 220 (52.5) 115 (27.4) 84 (20.0) 0.25
 Female 108 (46.0) 65 (27.7) 57 (24.3)
Age of respondents
 ≤ 24 years 46 (62.2) 18 (24.3) 10 (13.5) 0.02
 25–35 years 253 (50.5) 142 (28.3) 106 (21.2)
 36–45 and above 46 years 29 (36.7) 25 (31.6) 25 (31.6)
Service years
 ≤ 2 years 134 (63.5) 56 (26.5) 21 (10) < 0.001
 3–6 years 99 (45.8) 63 (29.2) 54 (25.0)
 7–10 and above 10 years 95 (41.9) 66 (29.1) 66 (29.1)
Professions
 Doctors and health officers 64 (50.8) 36 (28.6) 26 (20.6) 0.98
 Nurses and midwives 208 (50.6) 115 (28.0) 88 (21.4)
 Lab technician and others 56 (47.9) 34 (29.1) 27 (23.1)
Educational status of respondents
 Diploma 60 (43.8) 43 (31.4) 34 (24.8) 0.24
 First degree and above 268 (51.8) 142 (27.5) 107 (20.7)
Presence COVID-19 prevention committee
 Yes 199 (42.0) 148 (31.2) 127 (26.8) < 0.001
 No 129 (71.7) 37 (20.6) 14 (7.8)
Functional handwashing facility
 Yes 160 (37.5) 137 (32.1) 130 (30.4) < 0.001
 No 168 (74.0) 48 (21.1) 11 (4.8)
Availability of continuous water supply
 Yes 129 (34.4) 127 (33.9) 119 (31.7) < 0.001
 No 199 (71.3) 58 (20.8) 22 (7.9)
COVID-19 training
 Yes 127 (47.2) 71 (26.4) 71 (26.4) 0.042
 No 201 (52.2) 114 (29.6) 70 (18.2)
Knowledge of health professionals
 Poor 82 (56.6) 40 (27.6) 23 (15.9) 0.015
 Moderate 180 (52.6) 91 (26.6) 71 (20.8)
 Good 66 (39.5) 54 (32.3) 47 (28.1)
Overall level of compliance, n (%) 328 (50.2%) 185 (28.3%) 141 (21.6%)  
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