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Table 5 Parameter estimates, 95% CIs and P-values from segmented regression model describing the trends of monthly ABHR consumption

From: The effect of a 5-year hand hygiene initiative based on the WHO multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy: an interrupted time-series study

 

Coefficient

95% CI

P-valuea

Intercept

4.344

2.032–6.656

<  0.001

Baseline trend

0.006

−0.103-0.115

0.919

Level change from last point in the pre-implementation to the first point in the implementation phase

4.387

1.499–7.276

0.003

Slope change from pre-implementation to implementation

0.479

0.359–0.599

< 0.001

  1. ABHR alcohol-based hand rub, CI confidence interval
  2. The model describes trends and change in the error rate during the pre-implementation, and implementation phases
  3. aCalculated using Student’s t-test