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. 2019 Nov 12;8:173. doi: 10.1186/s13756-019-0625-0

Table 2.

Knowledge score (KS) regarding antimicrobial resistance and infection control measures

N (%) Knowledge score (mean (SD)) p-value (global)
Type of healthcare facility
 - University hospitals / cancer centres 4015 (46) 4.0 (1.4) p < 0.001
 - Non-university hospitals 2187 (25) 3.7 (1.4)
 - Small, rehabilitation, nursing hospitals 1885 (22) 3.4 (1.5)
 - Private clinics 629 (7) 3.8 (1.4)
Professional status
 - Medical (total) 1284 (15) 4.7 (1.3) p < 0.0001*
 - Senior physician 787 (61) 4.6 (1.4)
 - Junior doctor 332 (26) 4.9 (1.2)
 - Medical student 165 (13) 4.6 (1.3)
 - Non-medical (total) 7180 (85) 3.6 (1.4)
 - Nurse 2842 (40) 4.1 (1.3)
 - Nurse aide 2231 (31) 3.3 (1.3)
 - Hospital service agent 707 (10) 2.6 (1.3)
 - Medical-technical agent 506 (7) 3.6 (1.4)
 - Non-medical student 407 (6) 3.9 (1.3)
 - Other 487 (7) 4.0 (1.5)
Working unit
 - Medicine 2742 (32) 3.9 (1.4) p < 0.0001
 - Surgery 1610 (18) 3.8 (1.4)
 - Intensive care unit 776 (9) 4.2 (1.5)
 - Rehabilitation, long-term care 2491 (29) 3.5 (1.5)
 - Emergency 395 (5) 4;1 (1.4)
 - Gynaecology-Obstetrics 123 (1) 3.6 (1.4)
 - Psychiatry 96 (1) 3.5 (1.5)
 - Other 158 (2) 3.5 (1.6)
Previous training for hand hygiene (last 3 years)
 - Yes 5753 (68) 3.8 (1.5) p < 0.0001
 - No 2769 (32) 3.7 (1.4)
Previous training in control of AMR (last 3 years)
 - Yes 2787 (34) 4.0 (1.5) p < 0.0001
 - No 5413 (66) 3.7 (1.4)

*p value medical vs. non-medical