Research Article
Factors Affecting Compliance of Infection Control Measures among Dental Radiographers
Table 5
The level of compliance with PPE practices (N = 175).
| | Characteristics | PPE level of compliance | Value of the χ2 test
value | Poor
N (%) | Intermediate
N (%) | Excellent
N (%) |
| | Age (years) | | | | | | <30 | 45 (40.9) | 30 (27.3) | 35 (31.8) | 4.312 | | 30–39 | 14 (32.6) | 16 (37.2) | 13 (30.2) | 0.365 | | ≥40 | 5 (22.7) | 10 (45.5) | 7 (31.8) | | | Gender | | | | | | Male | 25 (40.3) | 18 (29.0) | 19 (30.6) | 0.652 | | Female | 39 (34.5) | 38 (33.6) | 36 (31.9) | 0.722 | | Educational level | | | | | | Diploma or less | 19 (39.6) | 16 (33.3) | 13 (27.1) | 0.598 | | Bachelor or higher | 45 (35.4) | 40 (31.5) | 42 (33.1) | 0.741 | | Practice type | | | | | | Private clinics | 17 (25.4) | 22 (32.8) | 28 (41.8) | 8.779 | | Academic institutions | 22 (46.8) | 18 (29.5) | 18 (29.5) | 0.067 | | Public hospital | 25 (41.0) | 16 (34.0) | 9 (19.1) | | | Years as a dental radiographer | | | | | | <5 | 23 (32.4) | 23 (32.4) | 25 (35.2) | 2.58 | | 5–10 | 33 (40.7) | 27 (33.3) | 21 (25.9) | 0.630 | | >10 | 8 (34.8) | 6 (26.1) | 9 (39.1) | | | Hours worked for week | | | | | | <30 | 9 (25.0) | 8 (22.2) | 19 (52.8) | 13.12 | | 30–40 | 40 (42.1) | 28 (29.5) | 27 (28.4) | 0.011 | | >40 | 15 (34.1) | 20 (45.5) | 9 (20.5) | | | Number of patients per day | | | | | | ≤10 | 22 (31.4) | 17 (24.3) | 31 (44.3) | 12.44 | | 11–20 | 21 (37.5) | 18 (32.1) | 17 (30.4) | 0.014 | | >20 | 21 (42.9) | 21 (42.9) | 7 (14.3) | |
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Bold values are the statistically significant differences.
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