Table 5.

Factors (crude and adjusted odds ratios and confidence intervals) associated with good infection prevention and control practice among the HWF in NSHCFs environment, Oromiya region, Ethiopia, from January to February 2019 (n = 361).

Variables	Infection prevention and control practice Poor	Infection prevention and control practice Good	Crude OR (95% CI)	p value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p value
Sex
Male	145	99	1		1
Female	47	70	2.20 [1.39, 3.42]	0.001∗∗	3.87 [1.91, 7.86]	0.001∗∗
Age
20–29	108	123	2.08 [1.33, 3.24]	0.001∗∗	4.08 [1.97, 8.49]	0.001∗∗
30–42	84	46	1		1
Marital status
Single	59	72	1.7 [1.08, 2.58]	0.020∗	3.89 [1.92, 7.87]	0.001∗∗
Married	133	97	1		1
Profession
Nurse	99	60	0.22 (0.11, 0.46]	0.001∗∗	0.02 [0.01, 0.07]	0.001∗∗
Physician	21	34	0.59 [0.25, 1.39]	0.225	0.43 [0.14, 1.35]	0.147
Midwives	19	24	0.46 [0.19, 0.40]	0.048∗	0.04 [0.11, 0.15]	0.001∗∗
Medical laboratory science	41	18	0.16 [0.07, 0.38]	0.001∗∗	0.05 [0.02, 0.17]	0.001∗∗
Health officers and others	12	33	1		1
Year of experiences
<5	118	92	1		1
5–9	53	54	1.31 [0.82 ,2.08]	0.261	0.90 [0.43, 1.87]	0.776
≥10	21	23	1.41 [1.73, 3.69]	0.043∗	3.10 [1.19, 8.10]	0.021∗
Educational status
Diploma	30	53	1		1
BSc/MD	141	108	0.43 [0.26, 0.72]	0.001∗∗	0.13 [0.55, 0.30]	0.001∗∗
MSc	21	8	0.22 [0.09, 0.55]	0.001∗∗	0.02 [0.01, 0.10]	0.001∗∗
Knowledge
Poor	101	59	1		1
Good	91	110	2.07 [1.35, 3.16]	0.001∗∗	1.10 [0.56, 2.17]	0.775
Attitude
Negative	106	41	1		1
Positive	86	128	3.85 [2.45, 6.05]	0.001∗∗	10.07 [4.82, 21.05]	0.001∗∗
Aware HW guidelines
No	68	50	1		1
Yes	124	119	1.31 [0.84, 2.03]	0.239	1.46 [0.78, 2.74]	0.243
Water in the working area
No	147	101	1		1
Yes	45	68	2.20 [1.40, 3.46]	0.001∗∗	2.27 [1.18, 4.35]	0.014∗
Dustbins accessible
No	97	65	1		1
Yes	95	104	1.63 [1.07, 2.48]	0.022∗	1.44 [0.76, 2.66]	0.250
Training injection safety
No	152	111	1		1
Yes	40	58	1.98 [1.24, 3.18]	0.004∗	1.96 [0.90, 4.25]	0.090

^∗Significant association (p value <0.05), ^∗∗p value ≤0.001. HW: hand washing.