Table 2.
Organization of risk factors in the questionnaire and results for chi–square test for association between MRSA carriage and different risk factor categories. For the association between carriage and having any risk factor, the result of the Fisher’s exact test is shown in brackets as one of the cells had an expected count of less than 5.
| Risk Factors | Categories | MRSA carriage | X2 value | D.F. | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | ||||||
| Gym membership Attendance at a day care center Sharing of personal items |
Having a community associated risk factor | Yes | 13 (11.3%) | 102 (88.7%) | 1.364 | 1 | 0.243 |
| No | 16 (7.5%) | 198 (92.5%) | |||||
| Healthcare workers Elderly relatives living in nursing homes Chronic relatives making frequent hospital visits |
Having relatives with healthcare contacts | Yes | 16 (10.5%) | 137 (89.5%) | 0.960 | 1 | 0.327 |
| No | 13 (7.4%) | 163 (92.6%) | |||||
| Chronic disease History of skin infection with boils/abscesses Chronic skin disease Nasal disease |
Having a medical history associated with MRSA | Yes | 12 (7.1%) | 158 (92.9%) | 1.349 | 1 | 0.245 |
| No | 17 (10.7%) | 142 (89.3%) | |||||
| Antibiotic consumption Surgery Proximity to hospitalized patients |
Exposure to risk factors in past year | Yes | 20 (7.6%) | 242 (92.4%) | 2.233 | 1 | 0.135 |
| No | 9 (13.4%) | 58 (86.6%) | |||||
| All of the above | Having any risk factor | Yes | 26 (8.3%) | 288 (91.7%) | 2.446 | 1 | 0.118 (0.136) |
| No | 3 (20.0%) | 12 (80.0%) | |||||