Table 1.
Baseline information of the participants
| Traits | Covid-19 positive n = 98 |
Covid-19 negative n = 92 |
p value | OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Age in years | ||||
| <35 | 30 (30.6) | 21 (22.8) | 0.226a | Reference |
| ≥35 | 68 (69.4) | 71 (77.2) | 0.670 [0.350–1.283] | |
| Mean ± SD | 32.7 ± 5.4 | 32.5 ± 3.8 | 0.704b | |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 22 (22.4) | 23 (25.0) | 0.679a | Reference |
| Male | 76 (77.6) | 69 (75.0) | 1.152 [0.590–2.249] | |
| Working hospital | ||||
| Outside Dhaka | 17 (17.3) | 11 (12.0) | 0.295a | Reference |
| Inside Dhaka | 81 (82.7) | 81 (88.0) | 0.647 [0.285–1.467] | |
| Place of work | ||||
| Inpatient | 41 (41.8) | 34 (37.0) | 0.702a | Reference |
| Outpatient/triage | 23 (23.5) | 30 (32.6) | 0.636 [0.313–1.291] | |
| Emergency | 17 (17.3) | 15 (16.3) | 0.940 [0.410–2.155] | |
| ICU/CCU/OT complex | 9 (9.2) | 6 (6.5) | 1.244 [0.402–3.845] | |
| Tertiary care | 8 (8.2) | 7 (7.6) | 0.948 [0.312–2.880] | |
| Received formal training on PPE use | ||||
| No | 63 (64.3) | 69 (75.0) | 0.109a | Reference |
| Yes | 35 (35.7) | 23 (25.0) | 1.667 [0.890–3.121] | |
aChi-square test; bIndependent samples t test; cFisher’s exact test