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