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Table 2 Compliance and knowledge of hand hygiene in pre- and post-intervention

From: Intervening with healthcare workers’ hand hygiene compliance, knowledge, and perception in a limited-resource hospital in Indonesia: a randomized controlled trial study

Departmenta

Compliance rateb

P value

Proportion of HCW based on Knowledge score group

P value

HCW

Overall % (95%CI)

Pre-intervention (%)

Post-intervention (%)

Score

Pre-intervention (%)

Post-intervention (%)

PED

32.4 (28.6–36.2)

80/332 (24.1)

107/245 (43.7)

<0.001

0 – 5

30/60d (50.0)

5/22 (22.7)

0.043

HR

 

53/80 (66.2)

70/107 (65.4)

1.000

6 – 12

30/60d (50.0)

17/22 (77.3)

HW

 

27/80 (33.8)

37/107 (34.6)

    

Doctor

 

21/84 (25.0)

55/117 (47.0)

0.002

0 – 5

8/17 (47.1)

0/2 (0)

0.322

6 – 12

9/17 (52.9)

2/2 (100)

Nurse

 

23/105 (21.9)

45/87 (51.7)

<0.001

0 – 5

13/23 (56.5)

5/18 (27.8)

0.063

6 – 12

10/23 (43.5)

13/18 (72.2)

Student

 

36/143 (25.2)

7/41 (17.1)

0.280c

0 – 5

8/17 (47.1)

0/2 (0)

0.322

6 – 12

9/17 (52.9)

2/2 (100)

IM

12.3 (10.0–14.6)

19/364 (5.2)

74/399 (18.5)

<0.001

0 – 5

28/56 (50.0)

11/33 (33.3)

0.184

HR

 

11/19 (57.9)

42/74 (56.8)

1.000

6 – 12

28/56 (50.0)

22/33 (66.7)

HW

 

8/19 (42.1)

32/74 (43.2)

    

Doctor

 

3/40 (7.5)

10/37 (27.0)

0.032

0 – 5

5/13 (38.5)

NA

NA

6 – 12

8/13 (61.5)

NA

Nurse

 

6/180 (3.3)

55/295 (18.6)

<0.001

0 – 5

11/26 (42.3)

8/24 (33.3)

0.570

6 – 12

15/26 (57.7)

16/24 (66.7)

Student

 

11/144 (7.6)

9/67 (13.4)

0.181

0 – 5

9/12 (75.0)

2/5 (40.0)

0.280

6 – 12

3/12 (25.0)

3/5 (60.0)

SUR

21.3 (18.3–24.3)

83/440 (18.9)

73/293 (24.9)

0.05

0 – 5

16/33e (48.5)

10/18 (55.6)

0.771

HR

 

69/83 (83.1)

64/73 (87.7)

0.501

6 – 12

17/33e (51.5)

8/18 (44.4)

HW

 

14/83 (16.9)

9/73 (12.3)

    

Doctor

 

7/57 (12.3)

8/30 (26.7)

0.091

0 – 5

6 – 12

4/8 (50.0)

4/8 (50.0)

NA

NA

NA

Nurse

 

31/238 (13.0)

46/118 (39.0)

<0.001

0 – 5

7/12 (58.3)

6/7 (85.7)

0.333

6 – 12

5/12 (41.7)

1/7 (14.3)

Student

 

45/145 (31.0)

19/145 (13.1)

<0.001c

0 – 5

2/8 (25.0)

4/11 (36.4)

1.000

6 – 12

6/8 (75.0)

7/11 (63.6)

OBG

14.6 (12.0–17.2)

40/395 (10.1)

61/298 (20.5)

<0.001

0 – 5

20/47f (42.6)

3/15g (20.0)

0.138

HR

 

32/40 (80.0)

38/61 (62.3)

0.078

6 – 12

27/47f (57.4)

12/15g (80.0)

HW

 

8/40 (20.0)

23/61 (37.7)

    

Doctor

 

0/18 (0)

3/12 (25.0)

0.054

0 – 5

5/10 (50.0)

NA

NA

6 – 12

5/10 (50.0)

NA

Nurse

 

24/173 (13.9)

30/157 (19.1)

0.199

0 – 5

2/12 (16.7)

1/7 (14.3)

1.000

6 – 12

10/12 (83.3)

6/7 (85.7)

Student

 

16/204 (7.8)

28/129 (21.7)

<0.001

0 – 5

10/21 (47.6)

2/7 (28.6)

0.662

6 – 12

11/21 (52.4)

5/7 (71.4)

  1. Abbreviations: IM internal medicine, SUR surgery, OBG obstetrics-gynecology, PED pediatrics, HCW healthcare workers, HR handrubbing, HW handwashing, NA not available
  2. aDepartments of Pediatrics, Surgery and Internal Medicine with intervention, Department of Obstetrics-gynecology without intervention; bthe percentage of correct hand hygiene actions undertaken on moments when hand hygiene was considered necessary according to the WHO “five moments”; cSignificantly worse instead of significantly better; d3 HCWs did not mention the profession in the questionnaire; e5 HCWs did not mention the profession in the questionnaire; f4 HCWs did not mention the profession in the questionnaire; g1 HCW did not mention the profession in the questionnaire; score range 0-5 = 0-42% correct; score range 6-12 = 50%-100% correct