Table 5: Logistic regression of the positive knowledge of hand hygiene and characteristics of the participants.

Variables

Category

OR

95% CI

p-value

AOR

95% CI

P value

Age

≤ 30 years

0.874

0.416-1.835

0.722

-

-

-

31-39 years

1.481

0.812-2.704

0.201

-

-

-

40-49 years

1.285

0.671-2.460

0.449

-

-

-

≥ 50 years

R

-

-

-

-

-

Sex

Male

1.032

0.653-1.631

0.894

-

-

-

Female

R

-

-

-

-

-

Profession

Nurse/lab specialist

3.178

1.640-6.159

0.001

3.467

1.829-6.571

0.001

Medical doctor/resident

2.375

1.134-4.972

0.022

2.569

1.246-5.300

0.011

Emergency medical

5.167

1.882-14.183

0.001

5.179

1.972-13.600

0.001

Technician/others

R

-

-

R

-

-

Health care center

Al Wazarat

0.954

0.299-3.048

0.937

-

-

-

Al Morooj

0.563

0.171-1.859

0.346

-

-

-

Al Oreja

0.448

0.116-1.722

0.242

-

-

-

Al Janoob

0.583

0.143-2.372

0.451

-

-

-

Al Manar

0.716

0.178-2.886

0.639

-

-

-

Al Nadeem

R

-

-

-

-

-

Department

Low contamination risk

1.548

0.879-2.728

0.131

-

-

-

High contamination risk

R

-

-

-

-

-