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Table 6 Comparison between hospitals for various variables on staff motivation and organizational responses.

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. Staff motivation

      

   - Staff motivated

168 (71%)

58 (75%)

26 (57%)

54 (77%)

30 (68%)

 

   - Staff indifferent

32 (14%)

13 (17%)

11 (24%)

4 (6%)

4 (9%)

 

   - Staff discouraged

37 (16%)

6 (8%)

20% (9)

12 (17%)

10 (23%)

0.02

2. NOT compensated for overtime

141/174 (81%)

58/67, 1 missing (88%)

33/35 (94%)

16/42 (38%)

34/44 (77%)

< 0.001

3. Feels adequately protected

142/236 (60%)

43 (56%)

26 (57%)

40 (70%)

24, 1 missing (56%)

0.26

4. Knows how to protect him/herself

223 (94%)

72 (94%)

41 (89%)

67 (96%)

43 (98%)

0.33

5. Guidelines for protection

      

   -Awareness

183 (77%)

68 (88%)

35 (76%)

52 (74%)

28 (64%)

0.02

   -Available

92/183 (50%)

42/68 (62%)

12/35 (34%)

24/52 (46%)

14/28 (50%)

0.23

6. Sterilizing metallic instruments**

      

   - Autoclaving

159 (84%)

45 (69%)

27 (79%)

53 (95%)

34 (100%)

<0.001

   - Boiling

89 (47%)

57 (88%)

13 (38%)

12 (21%)

7 (21%)

<0.001

   - Chemicals

64 (34%)

36 (55%)

1 (3%)

6 (11%)

21 (62%)

<0.001

7. Protective gear always available:

      

   - Gloves

205 (88%)

69 (90%)

39 (85%)

65 (94%)

32 (76%)

0.04

   - Antiseptics***

185 (93%)

59 (88%)

36 (95%)

56 (97%)

34 (94%)

0.27

   - Apron**

156 (78%)

48 (72%)

28 (74%)

49 (85%)

31 (86%)

0.01

   - Gumboots

130 (55%)

41 (53%)

21 (46%)

47 (67%)

21 (50%)

0.01

   - Vacutainers**

66 (33%)

29 (43%)

3 (8%)

21 (36%)

13 (36%)

<0.001

   - Masks**

76 (38%)

22 (33%)

8 (21%)

26 (45%)

20 (56%)

< 0.001

   - Goggles**

23 (12%)

3 (5%)

2 (5%)

14 (24%)

4 (11%)

0.02

8. Awareness and accessibility of PEP:

      

   - Is aware of PEP

130 (55%)

60 (78%)

16 (35%)

27 (39%)

27 (61%)

<0.001

   - Believes that PEP is offered in the hospital

71 (30%)

50 (65%)

3 (6.5%)

11 (16%)

7 (16%)

<0.001

9. Availability of HIV/AIDS-related services for staff

      

   - Condoms

159 (67%)

74 (96%)

39 (85%)

45 (64%)

1 (2%)

<0.001

   - Counselling

230 (90%)

77 (100%)

40 (87%)

66 (94%)

30 (68%)

<0.001

   - HIV Testing

217 (92%)

77 (100%)

41 (89%)

66 (94%)

33 (75%)

<0.001

   - Antiretrovirals

192 (81%)

72 (94%)

33 (72%)

56 (80%)

31 (71%)

0.03

   - Health Education

217 (92%)

73 (95%)

40 (87%)

66 (94%)

38 (86%)

0.28

  1. * = The denominator is given when different from the N
  2. ** = Selection of people to whom the particular question applied, excluding 2 persons who did not use any sterilizing method, N = 189
  3. *** = only those persons were selected who needed to use these measures in their work
  4. PEP = Post-Exposure Prophylaxis