Table 4: Correlation between the practice of nurses regarding hand hygiene and general demographic variables (N=243).

Variables Hand Hygiene Practices Score Total N (Percent) P-Value
Inadequate Practice
(1)
Adequate Practice
(2)
Good Practice
(3)
1 vs 2 1 vs 3 2 vs 3
Gender
Male
Female
21 (16.7%)
04 (3.4%)
49 (38.9%)
10 (8.6%)
56 (44.4%)
103 (88.0%)
126 (100%)
117 (100%)
1.000 0.0001* 0.0001*
Age
20-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
01 (7.7%)
13 (10.6%)
11 (13.6%)
0 (0.0%)
01 (7.7%)
41 (33.3%)
13 (16.1%)
04 (15.4%)
11 (84.6%)
69 (56.1%)
57 (70.4%)
22 (84.6%)
13 (100%) 123 (100%)
81 (100%)
26 (100%)
0.333
0.565
0.132
Ref
0.353
0.065
0.059
Ref
1.000
0.038*
1.000
Ref
Years of Experience
1-5 Years
6-10 Years
11-15 Years
>15 Years
04 (7.1%)
06 (6.5%)
15 (25.9%)
0 (0.0%)
15 (26.8%)
27 (29.0%)
09 (15.5%)
08 (22.2%)
37 (66.1%)
60 (64.5%)
34 (58.6%)
28 (77.8%)
56 (100%)
93 (100%)
58 (100%)
36 (100%)
0.286
0.323
0.003*
Ref
0.141
0.174
0.0006*
Ref
0.623
0.384
1.000
Ref
Attend a training course about hand washing
Yes
No
20 (10.6%)
05 (16.1%)
42 (22.2%) #
15 (48.4%)
127 (67.2%) #
11 (35.5%)
189 (100%)
31 (100%)
0.591 0.075 0.002*

*P value is significant at the level < 0.05
#Difference in number of total participants due to removal of participants who were not sure about attending training course for hand washing.