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Table 2 Multivariable logistic regression model for the outcome compliant hand hygiene

From: A multimodal intervention to improve hand hygiene compliance in peripheral wards of a tertiary care university centre: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Parameter

Characteristic

Odds ratioa

(CI95)

p-value

Period

Baseline (intervention group)

reference

 

Baseline (control group)

0.92 (0.53, 1.59)

0.75

Intervention (intervention group)

1.09 (0.87, 1.36)

0.44

Intervention (control group)

0.97 (0.53, 1.78)

0.93

Professional group

Physicians

reference

 

Others

0.51 (0.32, 0.81)

< 0.01

Nurses

0.99 (0.79, 1.24)

0.93

WHO-moment

4 – after touching a patient

reference

 

1 – before touching a patient

0.55 (0.46, 0.67)

< 0.01

2 – before clean or aseptic procedure

0.41 (0.30, 0.57)

< 0.01

3 – after body fluid exposure risk

0.77 (0.60, 0.99)

0.04

5 – after touching patient surroundings

0.53 (0.44, 0.63)

< 0.01

Unit specialty

Medical

reference

 

Surgical

1.16 (0.68, 1.99)

0.58

  1. Abbreviations: CI95 95% confidence interval; a result of logistic regression with ward as a cluster effect