Table 7: Hand hygiene attitude among the study participants.

 

 

Attitude level

 

 

Poor

Good

 

Variables

Category

No.

%

No.

%

P value

Age

≤ 30 years

53

15.5

14

16.9

0.927

 

31-39 years

135

39.5

34

41.0

 

 

40-49 years

90

26.3

22

26.5

 

 

≥ 50 years

64

18.7

13

15.7

 

Sex

Male

144

42.1

18

21.7

0.001

 

Female

198

57.9

65

78.3

 

Profession

Nurse/lab specialist

157

45.9

58

69.9

0.001

 

Medical doctor/resident

83

24.3

15

18.1

 

 

Emergency medical

27

7.9

4

4.8

 

 

Technician/others

75

21.9

6

7.2

 

Health care center (HCC)

Al Wazarat

141

41.2

65

78.3

0.001

 

Al Morooj

108

31.6

8

9.6

 

 

Al Oreja

30

8.8

6

7.2

 

 

Al Janoob

28

8.2

1

1.2

 

 

Al Manar

23

6.7

2

2.4

 

 

Al Nadeem

12

3.5

1

1.2

 

Department

Low contamination risk

221

64.6

60

72.3

0.185

 

High contamination risk

121

35.4

23

27.7