The general characteristics of knowledge, attitude and practice on medical waste management
Variables | Category | N (%) | Knowledge of medical waste management | Attitudes toward medical waste management | Practice on medical waste management | |||||||||
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140 (100.0) | Mean | S.D | Mean | S.D | Mean | S.D | ||||||||
Gender | Women | 122 (87.1) | 8.49 | 1.44 | 2.441 (0.017) | 64.16 | 6.67 | 0.289 (0.773) | 68.43 | 6.75 | -0.373 (0.710) | |||
Men | 18 (12.9) | 9.61 | 1.46 | 63.67 | 6.91 | 69.06 | 6.18 | |||||||
Age (years) | ≤29 | 59 (42.1) | 8.46 | 1.43 | 0.196 (0.823) | 64.12 | 6.56 | 2.096 (0.127) | 67.85 | 6.36 | 0.606 (0.547) | |||
≥30∼≤39 | 31 (22.1) | 8.39 | 1.17 | 62.16 | 7.08 | 68.55 | 6.29 | |||||||
≥40 | 50 (35.7) | 8.28 | 1.69 | 65.26 | 6.40 | 69.26 | 7.25 | |||||||
Education | ≤High school | 21 (15.0) | 7.95 | 1.72 | 1.099 (0.336) | 63.81 | 5.90 | 0.036 (0.965) | 67.24 | 7.18 | 0.583 (0.559) | |||
Junior college | 49 (35.0) | 8.51 | 1.43 | 64.02 | 6.15 | 68.35 | 6.38 | |||||||
≥College | 70 (50.0) | 8.41 | 1.42 | 64.23 | 7.30 | 69.00 | 6.74 | |||||||
Marital status | Married | 63 (45.0) | 8.27 | 1.55 | -0.790 (0.431) | 64.81 | 6.59 | 1.151 (0.252) | 68.54 | 7.03 | 0.052 (0.959) | |||
Unmarried | 77 (55.0) | 8.47 | 1.41 | 63.51 | 6.73 | 68.48 | 6.39 | |||||||
Total clinical career (years) | <1a | 16 (11.4) | 8.38 | 1.54 | 0.425 (0.735) | 63.31 | 7.71 | 1.056 (0.370) | 70.88 | 7.44 | 3.015 (0.032) | |||
1≤∼<5b | 59 (42.1) | 8.41 | 1.45 | 63.44 | 6.65 | 66.73 | 5.97 | b<c<d<a | ||||||
5≤∼<10c | 30 (21.4) | 8.13 | 1.63 | 65.97 | 6.05 | 68.70 | 7.27 | |||||||
≥10d | 35 (25.0) | 8.54 | 1.36 | 63.94 | 6.71 | 70.26 | 6.30 | |||||||
Occupation | Nurse | 62 (44.3) | 8.37 | 1.30 | 0.716 (0.490) | 64.40 | 7.53 | 0.307 (0.736) | 69.08 | 7.18 | 0.420 (0.658) | |||
Nurse assistant | 33 (23.6) | 8.15 | 1.89 | 63.30 | 6.11 | 68.18 | 7.03 | |||||||
Medical engineer | 45 (32.1) | 8.56 | 1.36 | 64.24 | 5.86 | 67.96 | 5.64 | |||||||
Educational experience | Yes | 123 (87.9) | 8.32 | 1.50 | -1.334 (0.184) | 64.46 | 6.80 | 1.741 (0.084) | 68.63 | 6.76 | 0.605 (0.546) | |||
No | 17 (12.1) | 8.82 | 1.19 | 61.47 | 5.08 | 67.59 | 5.97 | |||||||
Have guidelines | Yes | 132 (94.3) | 8.43 | 1.44 | 1.752 (0.082) | 64.21 | 6.61 | 0.858 (0.392) | 68.62 | 6.53 | 0.822 (0.412) | |||
No | 8 (5.7) | 7.50 | 1.77 | 62.13 | 7.95 | 66.63 | 8.91 | |||||||
Container provision | Insufficient | 20 (14.3) | 7.70 | 1.72 | -2.260 (0.052) | 60.75 | 6.87 | -2.463 (0.015) | 65.35 | 7.53 | -2.326 (0.021) | |||
Enough | 120 (85.7) | 8.49 | 1.40 | 64.65 | 6.50 | 69.03 | 6.39 | |||||||
Punishment regulations | Yes | 110 (78.6) | 8.45 | 1.46 | 1.171 (0.243) | 64.19 | 6.79 | 0.332 (0.741) | 68.89 | 6.59 | 1.309 (0.193) | |||
No | 30 (21.4) | 8.10 | 1.52 | 63.73 | 6.32 | 67.10 | 6.84 |