Capacity development and safety measures for health care workers exposed to COVID-19 in Bangladesh

Table 4 Factors associated with capacity development of health care workers regarding COVID-19

Explanatory variable	Odds Ratio	95% CI	P Value	Odds Ratio	95% CI	P Value
Outcome: Capacity development	Participation in IPC trainings			Read COVID-19 related guidelines ^a
Gender
Male	[1] Reference			[1] Reference
Female	0.94	0.66–1.36	0.76	0.75	0.47–1.21	0.25
Age (years)
Up to 30	[1] Reference			[1] Reference
31–40	1.00	0.62–1.60	0.99	0.32	0.18–0.57	0.001
41–50	1.43	0.69–2.98	0.34	0.87	0.26–2.89	0.81
Above 50	1.10	0.38–3.16	0.87	0.18	0.05–0.64	0.01
Profession
Physician	[1] Reference			[1] Reference
Nurse	0.70	0.42–1.18	0.18	0.11	0.06–0.21	0.001
Support staff	0.71	0.43–1.16	0.17	0.08	0.04–0.14	0.001
Medical technologist	5.77	2.21–15.06	0.01	0.10	0.05–0.19	0.001
Professional experience (years)
Less than 1	[1] Reference			[1] Reference
1–3	0.55	0.31–0.98	0.04	0.45	0.22–0.90	0.02
4–5	0.50	0.22–1.16	0.11	0.37	0.12–1.13	0.08
More than 5	0.54	0.26–1.08	0.08	0.84	0.35–2.02	0.69
Experience with COVID-19 care (months)
Less than 1	[1] Reference			[1] Reference
1–2	0.66	0.23–1.93	0.45	0.29	0.05–1.57	0.15
2–3	0.69	0.23–2.06	0.50	0.20	0.04–1.09	0.06
3–4	0.46	0.14–1.47	0.19	0.11	0.02–0.62	0.01
More than 4	0.81	0.28–2.39	0.70	0.26	0.05–1.41	0.12

Note: ^a Please see Supplementary file 2 for categories of responses for logistic regressions; IPC Infection prevention and control

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