Table 6.
Effect of hand hygiene practice score on different factors
| Variables | Practice score (mean ± SD) | Model 1 | Model 2 | |
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| Unadjusted coefficient (95% CI) | Adjusted coefficient (95% CI) | VIF | ||
| Constant | 53.8*** (50.9, 56.6) | |||
| Age group | ||||
| <19 years (ref) | 54.9±3.6 | – | – | – |
| 19–20 years | 53.2±5.06 | −1.71 (−3.7, 0.24) | −1.4 (−3.23, 0.42) | 2.9 |
| 21–22 years | 51.5±4.61 | −3.5*** (−5.6, −1.31) | −2.3** (−4.7, −0.1) | 3.5 |
| ≥23 years | 51.4±4.8 | −3.5*** (−5.9, −0.9) | −4.2*** (−7.7, −0.6) | 4.7 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male (ref) | 52.6±4.9 | – | – | – |
| Female | 53.1±4.7 | 0.5** (−0.9, 2.0) | 0.1 (−1.2, 1.5) | 1.4 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married (ref) | 51.3±5.0 | – | – | – |
| Unmarried | 53.4±4.7 | 2.1*** (0.6, 3.6) | 1.9*** (0.5, 3.3) | 1.3 |
| Educational status | ||||
| First year (ref) | 51.6±5.2 | – | – | – |
| Second year | 53.4±4.9 | 1.8** (−0.2, 3.9) | 1.7 (−0.2, 3.7) | 3.3 |
| Third year | 52.7±4.6 | 1.1 (−1.2, 3.4) | 3.1*** (0.8, 5.5) | 2.9 |
| Fourth year | 52.0±4.6 | 0.41 (−2.0, 2.9) | 3.4** (−0.0, 6.7) | 4.2 |
| Mother’s education | ||||
| Up to primary | 48.3±3.7 | −7.1*** (−9.0, −5.3) | −6.1*** (−8.7, −3.4) | 3.2 |
| Secondary | 50.3±4.6 | −5.1*** (−6.8, −3.4) | −5.2*** (−7.5, −2.9) | 3.2 |
| Higher secondary | 54.5±3.8 | −1 (−2.5, 0.5) | −1.9** (−3.5, −0.2) | 2.4 |
| Higher | 55.5±4.1 | – | – | – |
| Father’s education | ||||
| Up to primary | 48.4±4.0 | −5.7*** (−7.8, −3.5) | −1.69 (−4.1, 0.7) | 1.9 |
| Secondary | 50.3±4.1 | −3.8*** (−6.0, −1.6) | −0.02 (−2.3, 2.3) | 1.7 |
| Higher secondary | 53.2±4.0 | −0.87 (−2.3, 0.5) | 0.83 (−0.8, 2.5) | 2.3 |
| Higher (ref) | 54.1±4.2 | – | – | – |
| Household size, n | ||||
| <4 (ref) | 51.3±4.5 | – | – | – |
| 4–5 | 53.1±5.0 | 1.80** (−0.0, 3.7) | 0.64 (−1.0, 2.2) | 1.6 |
| >5 | 53.3±3.9 | 2.06 (−0.8, 5.0) | 2.78 (0.3, 5.3) | 1.6 |
| Living condition | ||||
| With family (ref) | 53.6±4.4 | – | – | – |
| With relatives | 51.1±5.6 | −2.4** (−4.4, −0.4) | −1.1 (−2.8, 0.63) | 1.2 |
| Hostel or with friends | 52.1±5.1 | −1.45** (−3.0, 0.1) | −0.7 (−2, 0.7) | 1.2 |
| Others | 51.0±4.7 | −2.6 (−6.9, 1.8) | −0.5 (−4.2, 3.2) | 1.2 |
| R2 | 0.431 | |||
| F-Statistics | 6.78*** | |||
| Mean (VIF) | 2.4 | |||
| Ramsey RESET | 3.72*** | |||
| Breusch-Pagan/Cook-Weisberg test | χ2(1) =2.41 | |||
Notes:
***
1% level of significance.
**
5% level of significance.
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; CI, confidence interval; VIF, variance inflation factor; ref, reference; RESET, regression equation specification error test.