Effect of educational intervention based on health belief model on nurses’ compliance with standard precautions in preventing needle stick injuries

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the studied subjects

Variable		Experimental Group		Control Group		P-Value
		Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	P-Value
Gender	Male	16	32	20	33.33	0.194
	Female	34	68	40	67.66
Marital status	single	11	22	14	33.23	0.202
	married	39	78	46	67.76
Length of employment	1–5 years old 6–10 years old ≥ 11 years old	7 12 31	14 24 62	9 16 35	15 67.26 33.58	0.178
Work Shift	1–2 shifts ≥3 shift	27 23	54 46	28 32	67.46 33.53	0.181
History of Needle stick injury	yes no	22 28	44 56	31 29	67.51 33.48	0.084
Needlestick training course	yes no	16 34	32 68	25 35	67.41 33.58	0.102

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