Table 3.
Infection prevention practice of nurses toward coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the COVID-19 outbreaks in northern Ethiopia, 2020
| Questions | Never frequency (%) |
Occasionally Frequency (%) |
Sometimes frequency (%) | Most of the time frequency (%) | Always frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Have you gone to any crowded place? | 40 (9.6) | 55 (13.3) | 240 (57.8) | 20 (4.8) | 60 (14.5) |
| Have you worn a mask when leaving home? | 325 (78.3) | 14 (3.4) | 25 (6) | 26 (6.3) | 25 (6) |
| Do you always remove protective equipment carefully? | 11 (2.6) | 87 (20.9) | 46 (11.1) | 86 (20.7) | 185 (44.6) |
| Do you cover mouth when coughing and sneezing in the past 14 days? | 15 (3.6) | 77 (21) | 51 (12.3) | 87 (21). | 185 (44.6) |
| Do you avoid public transportation in the past 14 days? | 77 (21) | 182 (43.9) | 86 (20.7) | 55 (13.3). | 15 (3.6) |
| Do you wash hands with soap and water in the past 14 days? | 21 (5.1) | 71 (17.1) | 42 (10.1) | 83 (20). | 198 (7.7) |
| Do you wash hands immediately after coughing, rubbing the nose, or sneezing in the past 14 days? | 177 (42.6) | 87 (20.9) | 82 (19.7) | 55 (13.3). | 14 (3.4) |
| Do you wear a mask regardless of the presence or absence of symptoms in the past 14 days? | 41 (9.9) | 97 (23.4) | 52 (12.5) | 182 (43.9). | 43 (10.4) |
| Do you wash hands after touching contaminated objects in the past 14 days? | 11 (2.6) | 42 (10.1) | 86 (20.7) | 84 (20.2). | 192 (46.3) |
| Do you avoid using the elevator in the past 14 days? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 415 (100) |
| Do you sit in one row while having a meal in the past 14 days? | 40 (9.6) | 50 (12) | 245 (59) | 18 (4.3) | 62 (14.9) |
| Do you avoid meeting with more than ten people in the past 14 days? | 21 (5.1) | 87 (21) | 42 (10.1) | 83 (20). | 182 (43.9) |
| Do you feel that too much worry or anxiety has been made about COVID-19? | 11 (2.6) | 87 (20.9) | 46 (11.1) | 86 (20.7) | 185 (44.6) |
| Do you stay at home to avoid COVID-19 rather than a normal situation (family quarantine)? | 21 (5.1) | 87 (21) | 42 (10.1) | 83 (20). | 182 (43.9) |
| Practice (mean 42.9 ± 12.5 SD, range 17–68) | Good | 278 (67) | |||
| Poor | 137 (33) |