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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Effectiveness of an edutainment video teaching standard precautions – a randomized controlled evaluation study

  

All groups (n = 363)

Video group (n = 116)

SOP group (n = 119)

No-intervention group (n = 128)

Age in years, median (IQR)

 

34

34

33

33

(28–42)

(28–42.5)

(28–41)

(28–42)

Female gender (%)

 

284 (78.2)

27 (76.7)

96 (80.7)

99 (77.3)

Profession (%)

Physician

91 (25.1)

25 (21.6)

34 (28.6)

32 (25)

Nurse, nursing assistant, midwife

237 (65.3)

75 (64.7)

76 (63.9)

86 (67.2)

Other profession (e.g. radiographer, therapist)

35 (9.6)

16 (13.8)

9 (7.6)

10 (7.8)

Professional experience (%)

<  1 year

29 (8.0)

13 (11.2)

7 (5.9)

9 (7)

1–5 years

114 (31.4)

29 (25)

42 (35.3)

43 (33.6)

5–10 years

69 (19.0)

24 (20.7)

25 (21.0)

20 (15.6)

>  10 years

151 (41.6)

50 (43.1)

45 (37.8)

56 (43.8)

Duration of employment at the UHZ (%)

<  1 year

70 (19.3)

27 (23.3)

20 (16.8)

23 (18.0)

1–5 years

156 (43.0)

42 (36.2)

60 (50.4)

54 (42.2)

5–10 years

65 (17.9)

23 (19.8)

18 (15.1)

24 (18.8)

>  10 years

72 (19.8)

24 (20.7)

21 (17.7)

27 (21.1)

Are you familiar with the term "Standard precautions"?

Yes, I’m very familiar

123 (33.9)

41 (35.3)

30 (33.6)

42 (32.8)

I know some elements of standard precautions

163 (44.9)

55 (47.4)

51 (42.9)

57 (44.5)

I can imagine what it is about

72 (19.8)

19 (16.4)

27 (22.7)

26 (20.3)

 

Does not mean anything to me

5 (1.4)

1 (0.8)

1 (0.8)

3 (2.3)

Is familiar with the IPC concept of the UHZ and its SOP

307 (84.6)

101 (87.1)

103 (86.6)

103 (80.5)

Did read the SOP about “Standard precautions - the basics” (outside study setting)

178 (49)

60 (51.7)

57 (47.9)

61 (47.7)

Did read the entire SOP about “Standard precautions - the basics” (outside study setting)

53 (14.6)

21 (18.1)

16 (13.4)

16 (12.5)

Did read the SOP about “Standard precautions - the basics” more than once (outside study setting)

79 (21.8)

33 (28.4)

21 (17.6)

25 (19.5)

Did read the SOP about “Standard precautions - the basics” during the previous month (outside study setting)

70 (19.3)

26 (22.4)

24 (20.2)

20 (15.6)

  1. Abbreviations: IQR Interquartile range, SOP Standard Operating Procedure, UHZ University Hospital Zurich