Table 3.
Practice of Hand Hygiene and Use of PPE by Subgroups of the Study Sample
| Demographic | Practice of Hand Hygiene and Use of PPE | χ2 value; Sig | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rarely (N%) | Occasionally N(%) | Always N(%) | ||
| Washing hand before donning gloves | ||||
| Gender | 7.3; 0.026 | |||
| Male | 7(9.9) | 27(38.0) | 37(52.1) | |
| Female | 31(26.1) | 38(31.9) | 50(42.0) | |
| Washing hands before starting treatment | ||||
| Profession | 10.63; 0.006 | |||
| Dentist | 6(4.9) | 32(26.0) | 85(69.1) | |
| Support dental staff | 13(19.4) | 13(19.4) | 41(61.2) | |
| Washing hands after treatment | ||||
| Educational level | 13.37; 0.038 | |||
| High school or less | 0(0.0) | 2(16.7) | 10(83.3) | |
| Diploma | 3(7.3) | 11(26.8) | 27(65.9) | |
| Bachelor | 2(2.0) | 9(9.0) | 89(89.0) | |
| Higher education | 0(0.0) | 5(13.5) | 32(86.5) | |
| Using hand sanitizer instead of hand washing | ||||
| Mode of practice | 12.17; 0.002 | |||
| Specialty | 25(27.8) | 28(31.1) | 37(41.1) | |
| General practice | 20(20.0) | 56(56.0) | 24(24.0) | |
| Preprocedural mouth rinsing | ||||
| Age (years) | 10.7; 0.030 | |||
| <30 | 22(29.3) | 31(41.3) | 22(29.3) | |
| 30–39 | 16(25.4) | 24(38.1) | 23(36.5) | |
| ≥40 | 9(17.3) | 13(25.0) | 30(57.7) | |
| Using high volume evacuation | ||||
| Practice type | 30.23; <0.0001 | |||
| Private | 17(20.2) | 25(29.8) | 42(50.0) | |
| Academic | 6(16.7) | 23(63.9) | 7(19.4) | |
| Public | 32(45.7) | 18(25.7) | 20(28.6) | |