Table 2.
Relation between participants’ compliance to proper PPE use and their personal, work-related characteristics and exposure to SARS-CoV-2 (n = 404).
| Characteristics | Proper PPE use |
Total No. (%) | X2 Test | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-compliant No. (%) | Compliant No. (%) | ||||
| Personal characteristics | |||||
| Age (years) | |||||
| 20−29 | 31(16.4) | 34(15.8) | 65(16.1) | 1.61 | .66 |
| 30−39 | 89(47.1) | 104(48.4) | 193(47.8) | ||
| 40−49 | 36(19.0) | 48(22.3) | 84(20.8) | ||
| 50+ | 33(17.5) | 29(13.5) | 62(15.3) | ||
| Mean ± SD | 36.6 ± 8.4 | ||||
| Gender | |||||
| Males | 84 (39.1) | 92 (48.7) | 176 (43.6) | 3.8 | 0.05* |
| Females | 131 (60.9) | 97 (51.3) | 228 (56.4) | ||
| Chronic health problems | |||||
| No | 152 (70.7) | 127 (67.2) | 279 (69.1) | 0.56 | 0.45 |
| Yes | 63 (29.3) | 62 (32.8) | 125 (30.9) | ||
| Work characteristics | |||||
| Work experience (years) | |||||
| ≤10 | 101 (47.0) | 81 (42.9) | 182 (45.0) | 5.9 | 0.05* |
| 11−20 | 85 (39.5) | 65 (34.4) | 150 (37.1) | ||
| > 20 | 29 (13.5) | 43 (22.8) | 72 (17.8) | ||
| Occupation | |||||
| Physician | 111 (51.6) | 108 (57.1) | 219 (54.2) | 20.3 | 0.005* |
| Pharmacist | 38 (17.7) | 9 (4.8) | 47 (11.6) | ||
| Dentist | 6 (2.8) | 8 (4.2) | 14 (3.5) | ||
| Nurse | 3 (1.4) | 2 (1.1) | 5 (1.2) | ||
| Ancillary staff | 29 (13.5) | 40 (21.2) | 69 (17.1) | ||
| Technician | 8 (3.7) | 4 (2.1) | 12 (3.0) | ||
| Othersa | 2 (0.9) | 1 (0.5) | 3 (0.7) | ||
| Medical Specialty | |||||
| Surgical | 21 (18.1) | 11 (8.9) | 32 (13.4) | 13.2 | <0.001* |
| ICU & anesthesia | 18 (15.5) | 34 (27.6) | 52 (21.8) | ||
| Medical | 40 (34.5) | 43 (35.0) | 83 (34.7) | ||
| Diagnostics | 24 (20.7) | 25 (20.3) | 49 (20.5) | ||
| Othersb | 13 (11.2) | 10 (8.1) | 23 (9.6) | ||
| Type of facility | |||||
| Hospital | 175 (81.4) | 160 (84.7) | 335 (82.9) | 0.76 | 0.39 |
| Non-Hospital | 40 (18.6) | 29 (15.3) | 69 (17.1) | ||
| Nature of work | |||||
| Full time | 176 (81.9) | 163 (86.2) | 339 (83.9) | 1.43 | 0.23 |
| Part time | 39 (18.1) | 26 (13.8) | 65 (16.1) | ||
| Work duration (hours/day) | |||||
| <8 | 77 (35.8) | 39 (20.6) | 116 (28.7) | 11.3 | 0.001* |
| ≥8 | 138 (64.2) | 150 (79.4) | 288 (71.3) | ||
| Work in isolation hospital | |||||
| No | 126 (58.6) | 80 (42.3) | 206 (51.0) | 10.7 | 0.001* |
| Yes | 89 (41.4) | 109 (57.7) | 198 (49.0) | ||
| Exposure to COVID-19 patient(s) | |||||
| No | 92 (42.8) | 43 (22.8) | 135 (33.4) | 18.2 | <0.001* |
| Yes | 123 (57.2) | 146 (77.2) | 269 (66.6) | ||
| Risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 | |||||
| Low | 34 (27.6) | 58 (39.7) | 92 (34.2) | 4.3 | 0.04* |
| High | 89 (72.4) | 88 (60.3) | 177 (65.8) | ||
| COVID-19 acquisition status | |||||
| No | 178 (82.8) | 135 (71.4) | 313 (77.5) | 7.4 | 0.006* |
| Yes | 37 (17.2) | 54 (28.6) | 91 (22.5) | ||
| Shortage in PPE | |||||
| No | 26 (12.1) | 45 (23.8) | 71 (17.6) | 9.5 | 0.002* |
| Yes | 189 (87.9) | 144 (76.2) | 333 (82.4) | ||
| Extended PPE use | |||||
| No | 20 (9.3) | 28 (14.8) | 48 (11.9) | 2.9 | 0.09 |
| Yes | 195 (90.7) | 161 (85.2) | 356 (88.1) | ||
| Total | 215 (53.2) | 189 (46.8) | 404 (100.0) | ||
COVID-19: Coronavirus Disease 2019, ICU: Intensive Care Unit, PPE: Personal Protective Equipment, SARS-CoV-2: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.
a
health inspector, hospital administrators.
b
General physicians, family medicine, dermatology.
*
p ≤ 0.05 is significance.