Research Article
Factors Affecting Compliance of Infection Control Measures among Dental Radiographers
Table 7
The level of compliance with the use of surface barriers (N = 175).
| | Characteristics | Use of surface barriers level of compliance | Value of the χ2 test
value | Poor
N (%) | Intermediate
N (%) | Excellent
N (%) |
| | Age (years) | | | | | | <30 | 62 (56.4) | 12 (10.9) | 36 (32.7) | 9.31 | | 30–39 | 16 (37.2) | 12 (27.9) | 15 (34.9) | 0.050 | | ≥40 | 14 (63.6) | 3 (13.6) | 5 (22.7) | | | Gender | | | | | | Male | 36 (58.1) | 9 (14.5) | 17 (27.4) | 1.233 | | Female | 56 (49.6) | 18 (15.9) | 39 (34.5) | 0.540 | | Educational level | | | | | | Diploma or less | 26 (54.2) | 5 (10.4) | 17 (35.4) | 1.35 | | Bachelor or higher | 66 (52.0) | 22 (17.3) | 39 (30.7) | 0.509 | | Practice type | | | | | | Private clinics | 28 (41.8) | 19 (28.4) | 20 (29.9) | 17.18 | | Academic institutions | 37 (60.7) | 7 (11.5) | 17 (27.9) | 0.002 | | Public hospital | 27 (57.4) | 1 (2.1) | 19 (40.4) | | | Years as a dental radiographer | | | | | | <5 | 29 (40.8) | 13 (18.3) | 29 (40.8) | 9.23 | | 5–10 | 17 (73.9) | 11 (13.6) | 24 (29.6) | 0.056 | | >10 | 46 (56.8) | 3 (13.0) | 3 (13.0) | | | Hours worked for week | | | | | | <30 | 22 (61.1) | 2 (5.6) | 12 (33.3) | 7.875 | | 30–40 | 53 (55.8) | 17 (17.9) | 25 (26.3) | 0.096 | | >40 | 17 (38.6) | 8 (18.2) | 19 (43.2) | | | Number of patients per day | | | | | | ≤10 | 42 (60.0) | 12 (17.1) | 16 (22.9) | 10.52 | | 11–20 | 29 (51.8) | 11 (19.6) | 16 (28.6) | 0.032 | | >20 | 21 (42.9) | 4 (8.2) | 24 (49.0) | |
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Bold values are the statistically significant differences.
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