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. 2020 Jun 11;9:83. doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-00746-1

Table 4.

Negative binomial regression analysis risk factors on self-reported compliance

Outbreak risk Extent of risk
Coef. SD P-value Coef. SD P-value
Before touching a patient
 Outbreak risk 0.106 0.006 < 0.001***
 Education degree −0.024 0.013 0.062*
Before aseptic procedure
 Outbreak risk 0.036 0.003 < 0.001***
 Age 0.004 0.002 0.071*
 Work year −0.004 0.002 0.041**
After body fluid exposure risk
 Outbreak risk 0.029 0.003 < 0.001***
 Career 0.024 0.014 0.083*
 Work year −0.004 0.002 0.034**
After touching a patient
 Outbreak risk 0.066 0.004 < 0.001***
After touching patient surroundings
 Outbreak risk 0.096 0.005 < 0.001***
 High-risk Department 0.050 0.030 0.092*
 Risk of affected area 0.047 0.025 0.062*
 Education degree −0.029 0.012 0.017**
Overall hand hygiene
 Outbreak risk 0.070 0.003 < 0.001***
 High-risk Department 0.027 0.013 0.037**
 Risk of affected area 0.028 0.011 0.012**
Appropriate patient placement
 Outbreak risk 0.063 0.005 < 0.001***
 Gender −0.049 0.022 0.026** −0.065 0.035 0.064*
 career 0.050 0.023 0.030**
 Work load −0.018 0.008 0.029**
Use of mask
 Outbreak risk 0.043 0.004 < 0.001***
 Career 0.048 0.017 0.005***
Use of glove
 Outbreak risk 0.087 0.006 < 0.001***
 Career 0.110 0.027 < 0.001*** 0.085 0.040 0.036**
Use of goggle
 Outbreak risk 0.151 0.010 < 0.001***
 Risk of contact with confirmed and suspected patients −0.159 0.041 < 0.001***
 High-risk Department 0.149 0.047 0.002***
 Risk of affected area 0.079 0.041 0.052*
 Gender −0.091 0.048 0.059* −0.101 0.056 0.069*
 Work load −0.061 0.020 0.002*** −0.063 0.024 0.009**
Use of gown
 Outbreak risk 0.129 0.009 < 0.001***
 Risk of contact with confirmed and suspected patients −0.155 0.036 < 0.001***
 High-risk Department 0.133 0.041 0.001***
 Risk of affected area 0.113 0.035 0.001***
 Gender −0.081 0.048 0.091*
 Career 0.087 0.048 0.073*
 Work load −0.044 0.019 0.017** −0.045 0.021 0.029**
Overall use of PPE
 Outbreak risk 0.109 0.006 < 0.001***
 Risk of contact with confirmed and suspected patients −0.087 0.019 < 0.001***
 High-risk Department 0.087 0.023 < 0.001***
 Risk of affected area 0.046 0.019 0.016**
 Gender −0.056 0.026 0.033**
 Career 0.080 0.031 0.010** 0.083 0.031 0.007***
 Work load −0.026 0.011 0.017** −0.030 0.011 0.009***
Terminal disinfection
 Outbreak risk 0.059 0.005 < 0.001***
 Risk of affected area 0.054 0.025 0.030**
 Career 0.052 0.024 0.027**
Report to superior
 Outbreak risk 0.059 0.013 < 0.001***
 Work load −0.017 0.009 0.081*

Significance: ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.10