Knowledge, practice and associated factors of nurses towards prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in intensive care unit of public hospitals administered by Federal Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional institutional-based study

Table 6 Factors associated with nurses' level of practice towards prevention of CAUTIs in the ICU of public hospitals administered by the federal government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021. (N = 184)

Variables	Level of practice
Variables	Good practice		Poor practice		Test used	P-value
Sex of respondents	N	%	N	%	Pearson chi-	0.239
Male	49	57.0	37	43.0	square test
Female	47	48.0	51	52.0
Age category					Fischer exact	0.680
20–29 years	56	49.6	57	50.4	test
30–39 years	34	55.7	27	44.3
40–49 years	4	40.0	6	60.0
Level of education					Fischer exact	0.505
Diploma	2	66.7	1	33.3	test
BSc degree	68	49.6	69	50.4
MSc degree	26	59.1	18	40.9
Professional experience					Fischer exact	0.700
Less than 1 year	6	42.9	8	57.1	test
1–5 years	47	51.1	45	48.9
6–10 years	29	54.7	24	45.3
11–15 years	8	50.0	8	50.0
16–20 years	3	50.0	3	50.0
Above 21 years	3	100.0	0	0.0
Marital status					Fischer exact	0.337
Single	43	51.8	40	48.2	test
Married	48	50.5	47	49.5
Divorced	5	83.3	1	16.7
Current working dept.					Pearson chi-	0.807
Adult medical ICU	29	50.9	28	49.1	square test
Adult surgical ICU	34	55.7	27	44.3
Pediatrics ICU	33	50.0	33	50.0
Your facility has guidelines/ protocols for proper insertion of Foley catheter					Pearson chi-square test	0.076
Yes	56	68.9	39	41.1
No	40	44.9	49	55.1
Have you ever got on job training about catheterization?					Pearson chi-square test	0.449
Yes	40	56.3	31	43.7
No	56	49.6	57	50.4
Do you have enough supply for catheterization at your institution (like lubricant, sterile drapes)?					Pearson chi-square test	0.100
Yes	52	52.0	48	48.0
No	44	52.4	40	47.6
Do you have a hand washing facility (soap, water, antiseptic) in your work area?					Pearson chi-square test	0.300
Yes	57	55.9	45	44.1
No	39	47.6	43	52.4

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