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Table 5 Comparison between hospitals regarding workload, overtime, fear of infection, and injuries *

From: 'I believe that the staff have reduced their closeness to patients': an exploratory study on the impact of HIV/AIDS on staff in four rural hospitals in Uganda

Variables

All hospitals

N = 237

Hospital A

N = 77

Hospital B

N = 46

Hospital C

N = 70

Hospital D

N = 44

P

1. Increase in workload

204 (86%)

72 (94%)

42 (91%)

52 (74%)

38 (86%)

0.01

2. Working regularly overtime

114 (48%)

47 (61%)

23 (50%)

25 (36%)

19 (43%)

0.02

3. Afraid of getting infected at work

196 (83%)

64 (83%)

41 (89%)

56 (80%)

35 (79.5%)

0.57

4. Had an injury

85 (36%)

28 (36%)

20 (43%)

19 (27%)

18 (43%)

0.23

5. Reaction after injury: 0.20

   - Washed the wound

64/81(79%)

17/26 (65%) 2 missing

18/20 (90%)

15/18 (83%) 1 missing

14/17 (82%) 1 missing

0.78

   - Tested the patient

9/81 (11%)

4/26 (15%)

2/20 (10%)

1/18 (6%)

2/17 (12%)

  1. * = The denominator is given when different from the N