Table 5 Factors associated with safety measures of health care workers
From: Capacity development and safety measures for health care workers exposed to COVID-19 in Bangladesh
Explanatory variable | Odds ratio | 95% CI | P Value | Odds ratio | 95% CI | P Value | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Outcome: Safety measures | Performed SARS-CoV-2 test a | Exhausted treating COVID-19 patients a | Possibility of getting infected by COVID-19 a | ||||||
Gender | |||||||||
 Male | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  |
 Female | 0.86 | 0.60–1.24 | 0.43 | 1.30 | 0.83–2.03 | 0.25 | 0.94 | 0.66–1.35 | 0.74 |
Age (years) | |||||||||
 Up to 30 | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  |
 31–40 | 1.04 | 0.73–1.47 | 0.84 | 0.87 | 0.58–1.31 | 0.51 | 1.24 | 0.89–1.74 | 0.20 |
 41–50 | 0.66 | 0.36–1.20 | 0.17 | 0.67 | 0.35–1.30 | 0.24 | 0.67 | 0.37–1.22 | 0.19 |
 Above 50 | 0.16 | 0.03–0.74 | 0.02 | 0.28 | 0.10–0.79 | 0.02 | 0.67 | 0.24–1.84 | 0.44 |
Profession | |||||||||
 Physician | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  |
 Nurse | 0.89 | 0.50–1.56 | 0.68 | 0.76 | 0.41–1.41 | 0.38 | 1.75 | 1.00–3.04 | 0.05 |
 Support staff | 1.95 | 1.17–3.28 | 0.01 | 4.37 | 2.25–8.51 | 0.001 | 1.17 | 0.71–1.93 | 0.55 |
 M. technologists | 0.98 | 0.46–2.08 | 0.95 | 8.77 | 3.14–24.47 | 0.001 | 1.61 | 0.77–3.37 | 0.21 |
Participation in IPC trainings | |||||||||
 No | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  |
 Yes | 1.46 | 1.02–2.07 | 0.04 | 1.50 | 0.98–2.29 | 0.06 | 0.95 | 0.67–1.35 | 0.77 |
Still receiving IPC trainings | |||||||||
 No | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  |
 Yes | 0.98 | 0.65–1.49 | 0.94 | 0.54 | 0.34–0.86 | 0.001 | 1.22 | 0.81–1.83 | 0.35 |
Read COVID-19 related guidelines | |||||||||
 No | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  |
 Yes | 3.31 | 2.14–5.12 | 0.01 | 0.65 | 0.40–1.07 | 0.09 | 0.44 | 0.29–0.67 | 0.001 |
Hospitals had a sufficient supply of PPE | |||||||||
 Strongly agree | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  |
 Agee | 0.45 | 0.24–0.86 | 0.02 | 1.49 | 0.77–2.92 | 0.24 | 1.42 | 0.76–2.66 | 0.28 |
 Disagree | 0.55 | 0.27–1.13 | 0.10 | 2.81 | 1.28–6.17 | 0.01 | 2.68 | 1.31–5.51 | 0.01 |
 Strongly disagree | 0.26 | 0.11–0.61 | 0.01 | 7.68 | 2.59–22.73 | 0.001 | 5.05 | 2.15–11.89 | 0.001 |
All HCWs received PPEs | |||||||||
 No | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  |
 Yes | 1.59 | 1.07–2.37 | 0.02 | 0.67 | 0.42–1.05 | 0.08 | 1.34 | 0.90–1.99 | 0.15 |
Duty roster | |||||||||
 Every day |  |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  |
 7 days | 1.69 | 1.13–2.54 | 0.01 | 2.45 | 1.55–3.85 | 0.001 | 1.11 | 0.75–1.65 | 0.59 |
 10 days | 2.39 | 1.50–3.81 | 0.01 | 3.05 | 1.81–5.15 | 0.001 | 1.45 | 0.92–2.30 | 0.11 |
 14 days | 1.36 | 0.62–3.02 | 0.45 | 2.56 | 0.94–6.96 | 0.07 | 1.02 | 0.47–2.18 | 0.97 |
HCWs’ exhaustion treating COVID-19 | |||||||||
 No | [1] Reference |  |  |  |  |  | [1] Reference |  |  |
 Yes with some reasons | 1.31 | 0.89–1.92 | 0.18 |  |  |  | 1.98 | 1.38–2.86 | 0.001 |