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Table 3 Distribution of primary health care staff with adequate knowledge on infection control

From: Being safe, feeling safe, and stigmatizing attitude among primary health care staff in providing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis care in Bantul District, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia

Domains of knowledge

Total (N = 123)

Type of staff

Working at PHCs which provide DOT for MDR-TB

Received on-the-job training on DOT for MDR-TB procedure

Received training on infection control

Clinical staffa

(N = 95)

TB program staff (N = 10)

Other staffb (N = 18)

p

Yes

(N = 39)

No

(N = 84)

p

Yes

(N = 36)

No

(N = 87)

p

Yes (N = 75)

No

(N = 48)

p

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Time to provide education of cough etiquette to patients

91 (74.0)

72 (75.8)

9 (90.0)

10 (55.6)

0.99c

31 (79.5)

60 (71.4)

0.343

29 (80.6)

62 (71.3)

0.399d

57 (76.0)

34 (70.8)

0.524

Cough screening among visitors

47 (38.2)

41 (43.2)

5 (50.0)

1 (5.6)

0.008

11 (28.2)

36 (42.9)

0.120

14 (38.9)

33 (37.9)

0.921

31 (41.3)

16 (33.3)

0.373

Proper setting of fan in outpatient clinic

88 (71.5)

70 (73.7)

9 (90.0)

9 (50.)

0.050

28 (71.8)

60 (71.4)

0.967

29 (80.6)

59 (67.8)

0.154

59 (78.7)

29 (60.4)

0.029

Disposal of tissues used for closing mouth when coughing

105 (84.5)

81 (85.3)

9 (90.0)

15 (83.3)

0.883c

32 (82.1)

73 (86.9)

0.664d

32 (88.9)

73 (83.9)

0.667d

64 (85.3)

41 (85.4)

1.00

Use of respiratory mask

60 (48.8)

48 (50.5)

5 (50.0)

7 (38.9)

0.661

20 (51.3)

40 (47.6)

0.705

18 (50.0)

42 (48.3)

0.862

37 (49.3)

23 (47.9)

0.878

Use surgical masks among patients during transportation

81 (65.9)

58 (61.1)

7 (70.0)

16 (88.9)

0.071

30 (76.9)

51 (60.7)

0.078

28 (77.8)

53 (60.9)

0.073

50 (66.7)

31 (64.6)

0.812

  1. aClinical staff: medical doctor, nurse, and laboratory staff. bOther staff: registration staff, health promotion staff, and environmental health staff. In general, the data analysis used the Pearson chi-square test. Few analyses used the likelihood ratio chi-square testc and chi-square test with continuity correctiond
  2. TB tuberculosis, PHCs primary health care facilities, DOT direct observed treatment, MDR-TB multidrug-resistant tuberculosis