[Table/Fig-2]:

Gender wise distribution of participant empowerment on hand hygiene (n=94).

S. No	Response from the respondent	Male n =48 (%)	Female n = 46 (%)	Total n = 94 (%)	p-value*
1	Ever asked health care worker to wash/sanitize their hands before examination	7 (14.6)	20 (43.5)	27 (28.7)	0.003
2	Did you feel comfortable when health care worker asked to remind them to wash/sanitize their hands before examination	41 (85.4)	41 (89.1)	82 (87.2)	0.759
3	Did you feel comfortable to ask health care worker to wash/sanitize their hands when they did not ask to remind them to wash/sanitize their hands before examination?	9 (19.6)	19 (39.6)	28 (29.8)	0.043
4	Ever asked your health care worker to wash/sanitize their hands, if they examine you without washing their hands after examining a patient next to you.	26 (54.2)	39 (84.8)	65 (69.1)	0.002

*p-value <0.05 statistically significant