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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants (n = 275)

From: Effectiveness of intensive healthcare waste management training model among health professionals at teaching hospitals of Pakistan: a quasi-experimental study

Independent variables

Groups

Intervention

Control

Total

p value

N

%

N

%

N

%

 

Age

<25

65

47%

58

42%

123

45%

0.706

26-35

29

21%

33

24%

62

23%

>36

44

32%

46

34%

90

32%

Gender

Male

65

47%

90

66%

155

56%

0.002

Female

73

53%

47

34%

120

44%

Educational status

Post-graduation

11

8%

12

9%

23

8%

0.844

Graduation

48

35%

51

37%

99

36%

Secondary

53

38%

50

36%

103

38%

Primary

26

19%

24

18%

50

18%

Income

<10,000

33

24%

39

29%

72

26%

0.212

10-20 K

33

24%

41

30%

74

27%

>20,000

72

52%

57

42%

129

47%

Department

Medicine and allied

67

49%

33

24%

100

36%

0.000

Surgery and allied

45

33%

46

34%

91

33%

Emergency & operation theater

20

14%

51

37%

71

26%

Administration

6

4%

7

5%

13

5%

Experience

<5 years

47

34%

54

40%

101

37%

0.638

5-10

50

36%

47

34%

97

35%

>10 years

41

30%

36

26%

77

28%

Profession

Doctors

41

30%

39

29%

80

29%

0.996

Paramedics

28

20%

28

20%

56

21%

Nurses

43

31%

43

31%

86

31%

Sanitary workers

26

19%

27

20%

53

19%