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Table 2 Median hand hygiene knowledge score (IQR), maximum score: 25

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

1st Follow-up

p**

2nd Follow-up

p*

p**

Overall Knowledge Score

14.0 (13.0–16.0)

17.0 (15.0–19.0)

 < 0.001

13.0 (11.0–15.0)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

By professional categories

      

 Medical doctor

15.0 (13.5–16.5)

19.0 (17.0–22.0)

 < 0.001

15.0 (13.0–17.0)

 < 0.001

0.828

 Nurse

14.0 (14.0–16.0)

18.0 (17.0–20.0)

 < 0.001

14.0 (11.0–15.0)

 < 0.001

0.057

 Midwife

14.0 (13.0–16.0)

19.0 (18.0–19.5)

0.004

12.0 (10.0–14.0)

0.002

0.004

 Auxiliary nurses

14.0 (13.0–15.0)

15.0 (14.0–17.0)

0.432

13.0 (10.0–14.0)

 < 0.001

0.015

  1. *p-value calculated with Wilcoxon rank-sum test compared to 1st follow-up
  2. **p-value calculated with Wilcoxon rank-sum test compared to baseline