Research Article
Factors Affecting Compliance of Infection Control Measures among Dental Radiographers
Table 6
The level of compliance with disinfection and sterilization practices (N = 175).
| | Characteristics | Disinfection and sterilization level of compliance | Value of the χ2 test
value | Poor
N (%) | Intermediate
N (%) | Excellent
N (%) |
| | Age (years) | | | | | | <30 | 50 (45.5) | 26 (23.6) | 34 (30.9) | 4.41 | | 30–39 | 17 (39.5) | 9 (20.9) | 17 (39.5) | 0.353 | | ≥40 | 7 (31.8) | 9 (40.9) | 6 (27.3) | | | Gender | | | | | | Male | 23 (37.1) | 21 (33.9) | 18 (29.0) | 3.890 | | Female | 51 (45.1) | 23 (20.4) | 39 (34.5) | 0.143 | | Educational level | | | | | | Diploma or less | 21 (43.8) | 15 (31.3) | 12 (25.0) | 2.179 | | Bachelor or higher | 53 (41.7) | 29 (22.8) | 45 (35.4) | 0.336 | | Practice type | | | | | | Private clinics | 19 (28.4) | 23 (34.3) | 25 (37.3) | 10.207 | | Academic institutions | 33 (54.1) | 12 (19.7) | 16 (26.2) | 0.037 | | Public hospital | 22 (46.8) | 9 (19.1) | 16 (34.0) | | | Years as a dental radiographer | | | | | | <5 | 28 (39.4) | 11 (15.5) | 32 (45.1) | 11.257 | | 5–10 | 37 (45.7) | 24 (29.6) | 20 (24.7) | 0.024 | | >10 | 9 (39.1) | 9 (39.1) | 5 (21.7) | | | Hours worked for week | | | | | | <30 | 14 (38.9) | 10 (27.8) | 12 (33.3) | 7.25 | | 30–40 | 48 (50.5) | 19 (20.0) | 28 (29.5) | 0.123 | | >40 | 12 (27.3) | 15 (34.1) | 17 (38.6) | | | Number of patients per day | | | | | | ≤10 | 26 (37.1) | 23 (32.9) | 21 (30.0) | 8.75 | | 11–20 | 30 (53.6) | 12 (21.4) | 14 (25.0) | 0.068 | | >20 | 18 (36.7) | 9 (18.4) | 22 (44.9) | |
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Bold values are the statistically significant differences.
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