Table 4 Factors influencing observed adherence to standard precautions using quantile regression analysis
Variables | OLS Regression | QR at 0.25 quantile | QR at 0.50 quantile | QR at 0.75 quantile | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coeff | SE | Coeff | SE | Coeff | SE | Coeff | SE | ||
Personal factors | Self-reported adherence | 11.91* | 5.36 | 16.23* | 8.18 | 13.62* | 6.30 | 13.61 | 7.62 |
Education on infection control | 1.06 | 6.60 | -9.92 | 22.38 | -9.83 | 8.11 | -1.15 | 9.46 | |
Work experience (years) | 1.40** | 0.35 | 1.86** | 0.47 | 1.17** | 0.38 | 0.72 | 0.51 | |
Education level (base: diploma) | |||||||||
Bachelor’s | -2.29 | 3.21 | -4.04 | 5.26 | -2.00 | 3.47 | 0.58 | 3.83 | |
Graduate | -4.53 | 7.86 | -13.89 | 7.03 | -2.03 | 11.65 | -0.70 | 8.79 | |
Gender (base: men) | 3.42 | 5.99 | 7.21 | 14.39 | 6.58 | 10.99 | -1.27 | 7.49 | |
Organizational factors | Patient safety climate | -0.58 | 2.28 | -0.39 | 4.00 | -0.94 | 2.18 | 1.63 | 3.27 |
Work department (base: ICU) | |||||||||
Integrated care unit | 2.27 | 5.85 | -1.98 | 8.49 | -2.49 | 5.00 | -1.36 | 9.80 | |
Emergency room | 0.17 | 5.18 | 1.39 | 7.68 | -2.22 | 6.31 | 3.36 | 6.01 | |
General ward | -7.52* | 3.68 | -11.03 | 5.81 | -8.43* | 3.86 | -2.32 | 5.67 | |
Constant | 18.34 | 23.23 | -6.94 | 38.34 | 23.37 | 36.88 | 14.78 | 27.74 | |
R2 | .18 | .15 | .15 | .13 | |||||