Table 3.

Factors Associated with Increased Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 Virus and Risk of COVID-19 Virus Infection Among the Exposed Healthcare Workers.

Variables	Occupational exposure to COVID-19			Risk of COVID-19 virus infection
	AOR	95%CI	P-value	AOR	95%CI	P-value
Age (in years)
<35	Ref
≥35	1.13	0.51-2.50	.764	0.57	0.18-1.80	.338
Gender
Female	Ref
Male	1.56	0.84-2.87	.156	1.27	0.51-3.20	.610
Marital status
Single	Ref
Married	1.19	0.64-2.21	.582	0.93	0.36-2.38	.880
Separated/Divorced/Widowed	2.04	0.25-16.86	.507	9.74	0.58-16.76	.114
Type of health professional
Assistant nurse	Ref
Catering staff	0.05	0.00-2.94	.150	–		–
Cleaner	1.19	0.02-6.63	.930	1.58	0.01-3.68	.861
Laboratory personnel	2.2	0.06-8.98	.674	–		–
Medical doctor	0.45	0.06-3.11	.417	–		–
Midwife	0.23	0.04-1.37	.107	0.61	0.07-5.17	.648
Registered nurse	0.39	0.09-1.68	.206	0.09	0.01-0.60	.013
Pharmacist	0.14	0.00-5.24	.284	16.89	0.02-23.91	.425
Other health professionals	0.68	0.02-2.98	.836	19.26	1.13-34.51	.045
Staff category
Non-Clinical	Ref
Clinical	2.54	0.09-7.38	.584	1.76	0.02-17.04	.809
Type of health facility
Cleaning services	Ref
Emergency	2.7	0.49-14.79	.253	0.62	0.06-6.73	.694
Laboratory	–		–	–		–
Medical unit	5.18	2.85-9.79	.075	0.26	0.02-3.76	.324
Out patient	1.66	0.27-3.18	.581	2.71	0.23-31.47	.426
Pharmacy	2.34	0.07-7.82	.636	0.21	0.00-2.49	.658
Others	0.86	0.18-4.25	.858	0.03	0.00-0.56	.018
Highest level of qualification
Secondary level qualification	Ref
Certificate	1.43	0.52-3.92	.489	0.32	0.08-1.39	.130
Diploma	1.08	0.37-3.15	.887	0.74	0.15-3.62	.709
Bachelor	0.83	0.28-2.42	.726	0.30	0.05-1.64	.164
Masters	5.50	2.78-7.39	.088	0.06	0.01-0.63	.019
Work experience (in years)
1–10	Ref
>10	1.04	0.36-3.02	.939	2.33	0.58-9.40	.236
Performed/present during any AGP
No	Ref
Yes	23.8	18.45-39.20	.026	0.05	0.01-0.50	.010

Significant P-value <.05, bold entries.