Table 5.

Bivariate and Multivariate analysis on assocaited factors of infection prevention practice among Debre Markos referral hospital health care workers, 2015

Variable		Practice		COR (95%CI)	AOR (95 CI)	P-value
		Good	Poor
Age	21–25	33	25	1	1
	26–30	47	35	2.643(0.961–3.947)	–
	31 and above	6	4	3.53(2.67–5.89)*	2.04(1.279-4.579)*	0.02*
Sex	Male	52	41	2.450(0.183–6.722)	–
	Female	34	23	1	–
Marital status	Single	47	40	4.458(0.581–7.410)	–
	Married	39	26	1	–
Religion	Orthodox	77	62	3.573(0.371–8.347)	–
	Protestant	3	1	2.750(0.183–16.722)	–
	Muslim	6	1	1	–
Educational status	Msc and above	14	14	3.346(2.567–5.872)*	4.15(1.381-7.41)*	0.001*
	Bsc	30	30	2.057(2.170–7.56)*	1.959(1.970-4.685)*	0.0038*
	Diploma	42	28	1	1
Work experience	< 5 year	54	67	1	1
	5–10 year	20	9	0.367(0.87–5.65)
	> 10 year	9	1	2.47(2.98–7.256)	3.17(1.98–5.674) *	0.02*
Profession	Physician	11	10	1	1
	Nurse	45	38	2.674(1.88–8.303)*	2.424(0.139-5.816)	0.85
	Midwifery	10	8	3.906(1.470–4.395)	1.25 (0.469–3.074)	0.32
	Health officers	2	1	1.571(0.282,4.762)	2.597(0.695–4.389)	0.09
	Lab technician	11	2	1.653(0.235–3.395)	0.786(0.967–5.28)	0.45
	Others*	7	2	2.425(1.075,5.8120)*	2.567(0.457-6.28)
Had taken IP Training	Yes	42	11	2.63(1.26–5.95)*	3.97(2.576-5.457) *	0.008
	No	44	53	1	1
Adequate supply of IP	Yes	62	38	1.79(1.358–6.53)*	2.158(1.90-4.357)*	0.01*
	No	24	26	1	1
Adherence in IP guidelines	Yes	38	15	2.782(1.249–3.985)*	4.023(2.45–6.359)*	0.005*
	No	48	49	1	1

*Statistical significance at p value < 0.05 and CI didn’t include 1with AOR