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Table 1 Study population participating in questionnaires

From: Effectiveness and sustainability of the WHO multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy in the University Hospital Bouaké, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

 

Baseline N (%)

1st Follow-up N (%)

2nd Follow-up N (%)

Number of Respondents

218

149

162

Sex (female)

110 (50.5)

65 (43.6)

82 (50.6)

Age group (years)

   

 20–39

159 (72.9)

82 (55.0)

99 (61.1)

 40 + 

57 (26.1)

66 (44.2)

62 (38.3)

 Missing

2 (0.9)

1 (0.7)

1 (0.6)

Respondents by profession

   

 Medical doctor

56 (25.7)

22 (14.8)

48 (29.6)

 Nurse

31 (14.2)

33 (22.2)

35 (21.6)

 Midwife

26 (11.9)

4 (2.7)

30 (18.5)

 Auxiliary Nurse

45 (20.6)

33 (22.2)

26 (16.1)

 Nursing Student*

21 (9.6)

0

0

 Medical Student*

35 (16.1)

0

8 (4.9)

 Technician*

0

15 (10.1)

0

 Pharmacy*

0

3 (2.0)

0

 Physiotherapist*

0

1 (0.7)

0

 Hygienist*

0

8 (5.4)

0

 Cleaner*

0

6 (4.0)

0

 Administrative*

0

9 (6.0)

0

 Others*#

4 (1.8)

15 (10.1)

15 (9.3)

  1. *Excluded from further analysis because of grossly uneven representation in the assessments;
  2. #according to the WHO description: dietician, dentist, social worker, etc.